 In mountain districts the progress of the phenomenon is similar. Pools, indeed, cannot in so many instances be formed, the steep slopes facilitating drainage, but the clouds and mists resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface...  Journal of the Society of Arts - Page 2011871Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 742 pages
...apparent hetween these and some of the neighhouring tracts. VOL. VI. d A ply supplying their mirface with moisture, Which comes, too, in the most favourable...unceasingly and gently, drop by drop. The extent of »uch bogs is also affected by the nature of the rock below them. On quartz they are shallow and •mail;... | |
 | 1835 - 726 pages
...some of the fnbouring tracts. VOL. VI. 2 A. Statistical Survey of Ireland. ply supplying their surface with moisture, which comes, too, in the most favourable...a sudden torrent, but unceasingly and gently, drop hy drop. Tin' extent of such bogs is also affected by the nature of the rock below them. On quartz... | |
 | Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Thomas Colby - 1837 - 414 pages
...but the clouds and mists, resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes too in the most favourable...decomposition a clayey coating, they are considerable — the thickness of the bog, for example, on Knocklayd, in the county of Antrim, which is 1685 feet... | |
 | Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Thomas Colby - 1837 - 414 pages
...supply their surface with moisture, which comes too in the most favourable form for vegetation—not in a sudden torrent, but unceasingly and gently, drop...decomposition a clayey coating, they are considerable—- die thickness of the bog, for example, on Knocklayd, in the county of Antrim, which is 1685 feet high,... | |
 | Robert Kane - 1844 - 438 pages
...but the clouds and mists, resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes too in the most favourable...decomposition a clayey coating, they are considerable — the thickness of the bog, for example, on Knocklaid, in the county of Antrim, which is 1685 high,... | |
 | Robert Kane - 1845 - 550 pages
...but the clouds and mists, resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes too in the most favourable...yielding by its decomposition a clayey coating, they arc considerable — the thickness of the bog, for example, on Knocklaid, in the county of Antrim,... | |
 | 1851 - 340 pages
...but the clouds and mists resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes, too, in the most favourable...decomposition a clayey coating, they are considerable; the thickness of the bog (for example in Knocklaid, in the county of Antrim, which is 1,085 feet high)... | |
 | Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1851 - 968 pages
...but the clouds and mists resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes, too, in the most favourable...gently, drop by drop. The extent of such bogs is also «fleeted by tho nature of the rock below them. Ou quartz they are shallow and small; on any rock yielding... | |
 | 1852 - 430 pages
...drainage, but the clouds and mists resting on the summits and sides of mountains amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes, too, in the most favourable...also affected by the nature of the rock below them. As thus represented this material is composed simply of a mass of plants in a state of decomposition.... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1853 - 1034 pages
...but the clouds and mists resting on the summits and sides of mountains, amply supply their surface with moisture, which comes, too, in the most favourable...of such bogs is also affected by the nature of the rocks below them. On quartz they are shallow and small ; on any rock yielding by its decomposition... | |
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