Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 - India |
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Page 347
... laterite ; and in the Eastern Ghauts , by sandstone , limestone , and laterite . From Naggery to Cape Comorin , they form , with a few exceptions , to be adverted to in due order , the basis of the plains of the Carnatic , Arcot , the ...
... laterite ; and in the Eastern Ghauts , by sandstone , limestone , and laterite . From Naggery to Cape Comorin , they form , with a few exceptions , to be adverted to in due order , the basis of the plains of the Carnatic , Arcot , the ...
Page 353
... Laterite . Its peculiarity to the East was assumed , and as far as we yet know correctly , by Francis Bu- chanan , who gave it the appropriate name which it has ever since borne . Both Buchanan and many of his successors how- ever were ...
... Laterite . Its peculiarity to the East was assumed , and as far as we yet know correctly , by Francis Bu- chanan , who gave it the appropriate name which it has ever since borne . Both Buchanan and many of his successors how- ever were ...
Page 354
said . Many average specimens of the laterite of the Malabar coast I found to range between 2 and 32 ; that of the laterite of the Malay peninsula was found by Dr. Ward to be 2 · 536 . Before the blow - pipe the walls of the cavities ...
said . Many average specimens of the laterite of the Malabar coast I found to range between 2 and 32 ; that of the laterite of the Malay peninsula was found by Dr. Ward to be 2 · 536 . Before the blow - pipe the walls of the cavities ...
Page 355
... laterite passes , rather than in the rock itself . The geographical extent of this rock invests it with great importance , and bears on any theory that may be formed as to its origin . It covers the western coast almost continuously ...
... laterite passes , rather than in the rock itself . The geographical extent of this rock invests it with great importance , and bears on any theory that may be formed as to its origin . It covers the western coast almost continuously ...
Page 356
... laterite are common , but Captain Newbold says- " in every instance " in where I have had an opportunity of seeing veins , if they may so be termed , of the laterite in other rocks in situ , they have occur- red as deposits from above ...
... laterite are common , but Captain Newbold says- " in every instance " in where I have had an opportunity of seeing veins , if they may so be termed , of the laterite in other rocks in situ , they have occur- red as deposits from above ...
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