This increase of bulk, he says, must sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting the incumbent crust of the earth ; and the same force may act laterally so as to compress, dislocate, and tilt the strata on each side of... The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist - Page 3941864Full view - About this book
| 1864 - 348 pages
...augment the volume of the altered rocks. This increase of bulk, he says, must sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting...this eminent German chemist of the exact amount of distension which the origin of new mineral products may cause, by adding to the volume of the rocks,... | |
| 1864 - 412 pages
...augment the volume of the altered rocks. " This increase of bulk, he says, must sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting...this eminent German chemist of the exact amount of distension which the origin of new mineral products may cause, by adding to the volume of the rocks,... | |
| 1864 - 126 pages
...of the altered rocks. This increase of bulk, he says, must sometimes give rise to a mechanical foree of expansion capable of uplifting the incumbent crust of the earth ; and the same foree may act laterally so as to compress, dislocate, and tilt the strata on each side of a mass in... | |
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1864 - 876 pages
...springs to be that of increasing the bulk of the rocks through which they pass, thus giving rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting the incumbent crust of the earth ; in fact, he constitutes them one of the causes of change in the relativo level of laud and water.... | |
| 1864 - 848 pages
...springs to be that of increasing the bulk of the rocks through which they pass, thus giving rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting the incumbent crust of the earth ; in fact, he constitutes them one of the causes of change in the relative level of land and water.... | |
| 1865 - 388 pages
...says, mu-t sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting the incumben t crust of the earth ; and the same force may act laterally...this eminent German chemist, of the exact amount of distension which the origin of new mineral products may cause, by adding to the volume of the rocks,... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...augment the volume of the altered rocks. This increase of bulk, he says, mu-t sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting...new chemical changes are developed. The calculations mad;- by this eminent Germ-in chemist, of the exact amount of disten-ion which the origin of new mineral... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1865 - 816 pages
...augment the volume of the altered rocks. This increase of bulk, he says, must sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting...each side of a mass in which the new chemical changes arc developed. The calculations made by this eminent German chemist of the exact amount of distention... | |
| 1866 - 374 pages
...augment the volume of the altered rocks. This increase of bulk, he says, mu~t sometimes give rise to a mechanical force of expansion capable of uplifting...this eminent German chemist, of the exact amount of distension which the origin of new mineral products may cause, by adding to the volume of the rocks,... | |
| 1866 - 368 pages
...force of expansion capable of uplifting the incumbent cnist of the earth ; and the same force may uct laterally so as to compress, dislocate, and tilt the...developed . The calculations made by this eminent Germ.m chemist, of the exact amount of distent-ion which the origin of new mineral products may cause,... | |
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