 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 262 pages
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 320 pages
...the waters, and then to a moderate depth. below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
 | 1851 - 612 pages
...then to a moderate depth below them : — " Large islands and bergs of floating ice from the rocks, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebble, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 686 pages
...purple colour. This shelly deposit, containing Saxicava rugosa and other characteristic marine shells, also occurs at an elevated point on the mountain of...broken off, and fragments of hard stone, frozen into tbe lower surface of the ice, had power to scoop out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 304 pages
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1859 - 444 pages
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1860 - 718 pages
...arrived, that to explain the position of the erratics and the polished surfaces of rocks, and their striie and flutings, we must assume first a gradual submergence...hard stone, frozen into the lower surface of the ice, liad power to scoop out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping bench, as well as the floor... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 446 pages
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 910 pages
...cases, to land glaciers as the principal agents of this glaciation. I assumed, therefore, that while the land was slowly sinking, the sea which bordered...hard stone, frozen into the lower surface of the ice, scooped out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping beach, as well as the floor of the ocean,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 866 pages
...land glaciers as the principal agents of this glaciation. I assumed, therefore, that while the laud was slowly sinking, the sea which bordered it was...hard stone, frozen into the lower surface of the ice, scooped out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping beach, as well as the floor of the ocean,... | |
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Secondly; a gradual submergence then took place, bringing down each part of the land successively to the level of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded... 
