The American Geologist, Volume 26Newton Horace Winchell Geological Publishing Company, 1900 - Geology Includes section "Review of recent geological literature." |
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... representing upon the blackboard in colored chalk , the various structures and illustrations in natural history , whether in bot- any , geology , zoology , or palæontology . It is currently re- ported that there are not less than ten ...
... representing upon the blackboard in colored chalk , the various structures and illustrations in natural history , whether in bot- any , geology , zoology , or palæontology . It is currently re- ported that there are not less than ten ...
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... representing nearly all the common genera of the middle Carboniferous of Europe and America . They are distributed as follows : Algæ , 2 ; Fungi , 2 : Ferns , 70 ; Equiseta 19 ; Lepidodendrids , 12 ; Sigillarids , 2 ; Tæniophyllids , 2 ...
... representing nearly all the common genera of the middle Carboniferous of Europe and America . They are distributed as follows : Algæ , 2 ; Fungi , 2 : Ferns , 70 ; Equiseta 19 ; Lepidodendrids , 12 ; Sigillarids , 2 ; Tæniophyllids , 2 ...
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... represents a time subsequent to that of the lowest coals of the Lower Coal Measures of the eastern districts , as ... represented by the Lower Coal Measures ( Kanawha series ) in the Kanawha region in West Virginia . The plants of the ...
... represents a time subsequent to that of the lowest coals of the Lower Coal Measures of the eastern districts , as ... represented by the Lower Coal Measures ( Kanawha series ) in the Kanawha region in West Virginia . The plants of the ...
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... representing the Upper Coal Measures of Great Britain , the Commentry flora of France , and the Saarbrück series in ... represents a life older than any found in the Alleghany series . The highest coal ( Stockton ) of the Kanawha series ...
... representing the Upper Coal Measures of Great Britain , the Commentry flora of France , and the Saarbrück series in ... represents a life older than any found in the Alleghany series . The highest coal ( Stockton ) of the Kanawha series ...
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... represents the subject of this sketch at ten years of age . ( Plate XII . ) At the age of 13 he entered the Friends ' school in West- town . A letter of September 27 , 1853 , from the school , is written on the back of his report of ...
... represents the subject of this sketch at ten years of age . ( Plate XII . ) At the age of 13 he entered the Friends ' school in West- town . A letter of September 27 , 1853 , from the school , is written on the back of his report of ...
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abundant acid albite alteration alumina Amer AMERICAN GEOLOGIST andesine apatite augite biotite Birch lake birefringence bowlingite brown Bull Burlington Canada Carboniferous Carlton peak chemical composition cleavage coal color Cope cordierite cordierite noryte crystals Dawson Devonian diabase dikes elongation extinction angle fayalite feldspar figure flora fossil Fouqué gabbro Geol Geological Survey grains green greenish halos hematite hornblende iron Jour Journ labradorite limestone London magma magnetite mass McGill McGill University mineral mineralogical Minn Minnesota Montreal Natural History nearly normal gabbro Note Nova Scotia occurs olivine olivine diabase olivine gabbro optic angle origin orthoclase orthoclase gabbro oxide parallel penninite perpendicular Peter Redpath Pigeon point plagioclasyte plane plates pleochroism pores Proc Prof pyroxene quartz quartz gabbro rare refringence rock Science shows silicoferrolyte species specimens staurolite structure texture tion troctolyte twinning usually ventral sac Winchell
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