... argillaceous or marly stone, and is itself mixed with a considerable portion of the same earth, exhibits a very great peculiarity in its structure. Though it forms a mass extremely compact, the salt is found to be arranged in round masses of five... Outlines of Mineralogy - Pagina 8di John Kidd - 1809 - 266 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| William Thomas Brande - 1817 - 162 pagine
...compact, but it is arranged in round masses, five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhsedron. The Wernerians regard the salt as having merely crystallised here from its aqueous solutions... | |
| Alexander Jamleson - 1821 - 456 pagine
...compact, but it is arranged in round masses, five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhaedron. The large pit at Northwich offers a very singular spectacle when duly illuminated; it... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 666 pagine
...but it is arranged in rounded masses, five or six, feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polycdron. The Wernerians regard the salt as having merely crystallized here from its aqueous solutions... | |
| John Playfait - 1822 - 668 pagine
...found to be arranged in round masses of five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that .surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhedron. These are formed of concentric coats, distinguishable from one another by their colour, that is, probably... | |
| 1826 - 408 pagine
...but it is arranged in round masses, five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each one compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhedron. The Wernerians regard the Salt as having merely crystallised here after being dissolved in water; the... | |
| 1826 - 400 pagine
...but it is arranged in round masses, five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each one compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhaedron. The Wernerians regard the Salt as having merelycrystallised here after being dissolved... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1829 - 266 pagine
...compact, but it is arranged in round masses, five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhedron. these salt-pits as the bottoms of large cauldrons, in which sea-water has been boiled down by subterranean... | |
| Archibald Tucker Ritchie - 1850 - 648 pagine
...found to be arranged in round masses of five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhedron. These are formed of concentric coats distinguishable from one another by their colour, that is probably... | |
| Archibald Tucker Ritchie - 1874 - 690 pagine
...found to be arranged in round masses of five or six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhedron In the triangular spaces without the polygons, the salt is in coats parallel to the sides of the polygons.... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1804 - 514 pagine
...be arranged in round masses, of five or •• six feet in diameter, not truly spherical, but each compressed by those that surround *' it, so as to have the shape of an irregular polyhedron ; these are formed of concentric " coats, distinguishable from each other by their colour, that is,... | |
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