 A thick layer of limestone formed the upper portion of the cliff. This rested upon a bed of soft shale, which extended round the base of the cataract. The violent recoil of the water against this yielding substance crumbles it away, undermining the ledge...  Notices of the Proceedings - Page 75by Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1875Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 824 pages
...Immediately after my arrival, I went with a friend to the northern end of the American Fall. It may be that my mood at the time toned down the impression...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform, but varied, long stripes... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1873 - 628 pages
...river there doubled over the edge of the precipice like the swell of a muscle, unbroken. The ledge hero overhangs, the water being poured out far beyond the...river here is evidently much deeper than the American brancli ; and instead of bursting into foam where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over and falls... | |
 | 1873 - 598 pages
...Falls. ' Midway between both is a wooden hut, the residence of the guide to the Cave of the IVinds, and from the hut a winding staircase, called Biddle's...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform but varied, long stripes... | |
 | 1873 - 660 pages
...yielding substance crumbles it away, undermining the ledge above, which, unsupported, eventually breake off, and produces the observed recession. At the southern...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform, but varied, long stripes... | |
 | 1873 - 808 pages
...Horseshoe is a promontory, formed by the doubling back of the gorge excavated by the NIAGARA FALLS. July, cataract, and into which it plunges. On the promontory...instead of bursting into foam where it quits the ledge, its bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layerof the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 pages
...which it plunges. On the promontory stands a stone building, called the Terrapin Tower, the door ot which had been nailed up, because of the decay of...instead of bursting into foam where it quits the ledge, its bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform... | |
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 584 pages
...all hours of the day, and at some hours of the night, I watched and listened to the Horseshoe Pall. The river here is evidently much deeper than the American...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform but varied ; long stripes... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - 706 pages
...rock and the falling water. Goat Island ends in a sheer dry precipice, which connects the American and Horseshoe Falls. Midway between both is a wooden hut,...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over, and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform; long stripes of deeper... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - 656 pages
...yielding substance crumbles it away, underp-1-'— "ip ledge above, which, unsupported, eventually ." l produces the observed recession. At the southern extremity...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over, and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform ; long stripes of deeper... | |
 | 1878 - 818 pages
...overhangs, the water being poured out far beyond the base of the precipice. A space, called the Care of the Winds, is thus enclosed between the wall of...where it quits the ledge, it bends solidly over and falls in a continuous layer of the most vivid green. The tint is not uniform, but varied, long stripes... | |
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