The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Volume 41Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1885 |
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Pagina 185 - N. REPORT OF PROGRESS — 1875-6-7. Two HUNDRED TABLES OF ELEVATION ABOVE TIDE-LEVEL of the Railroad Stations, Summits and Tunnels ; Canal Locks and Dams, River Riffles, &c., in and around Pennsylvania; with map ; pp.
Pagina 47 - PHYSICAL GEOLOGY evidences. IT is FAR MORE THAN A TEXT-BOOK — it is a DIRECTORY to the Student in prosecuting his researches.
Pagina 160 - Toula, Geologische Untersuchungen im westlichen Theile des Balkan und in den angrenzenden Gebieten. IX.
Pagina 115 - For the purpose of inquiring into the rate of erosion of the sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the influence of the artificial abstraction of shingle or other material in that action.
Pagina 194 - Lief. 3. Svo. Munich, 1884. Purchased. 3. MAPS&C. The names of Donors in Italics. Belgium. Carte ge'ologique. Feuille de Modaye, Virton, Kuette, Lamorteau, Landen, St. Trond, Heers. Scale ^^j. Presented by the Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Canada. Geological Survey. Map of the Dominion, geologically coloured from surveys made by the Geological Corps, 1842 to 1882. 2 sheets. Scale 45 miles = 1 inch. England and Wales. Geological Survey. Sheets and quarter-sheets. Solid. 48S.W.; 51N.W.,SE;...
Pagina 184 - By JJ Stevenson ; pp. 437, illustrated by 50 wood-cuts and 3 county maps, colored. Part I. Eastern Allegheny County, and Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, west from Chestnut Ridge. Price, $1 40 ; postage, $0 20.
Pagina 186 - Parti. The Northern Townships of Butler county. Part II. A special survey made in 1875, along the Beaver and Shenango rivers, in Beaver, Lawrence, and Mercer Counties.
Pagina 193 - On the Fossil Faunas of the Upper Devonian, along the meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, NY, to Bradford County, Pa., by Henry S.
Pagina 58 - America,' 1842, vol. ii. p. 37), says that Sir Charles was informed by Professor HD Rogers that he and his brother " had traced the scales of fishes through strata of Clinton age from the south-western part of Virginia to the north branch of the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania." In the light of the facts recorded in the preceding paper this is a somewhat remarkable statement ; but in the ' Geology of Pennsylvania,
Pagina 7 - It is probable therefore," continues Mr. Pengelly, " that the remains of the ancient forest occupy the greater part of the Torbay area. Nor is this merely a modern opinion, since Leland, in his ' Itinerary,' says ' Fisschar men hath divers tymes, taken up with theyr nettes yn Torrebay Musons of hartes, whereby men judge that yn tymes paste it hath been forest grounde.