 | David Page - 1844 - 232 pages
...MORAINES — the name given in Switzerland to the longitudinal deposits of stony detritus which are found at the bases and along the edges of all the great...into their fissures, which, in freezing, expands the mass ; and the ice being thus loosened or detached from the rocks below, is gradually pressed forward... | |
 | William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger - Geology - 1846 - 258 pages
...having but one seedlobe in the embryo. MORAI'NES — Longitudinal deposits of stony detritus found at the bases, and along the edges of all the great glaciers (p. 131). MOSASAU'RUS — (p. 75). MUCRONA'TUS — Lat. Pointed, sharppointed. MCLTILO'CULAR — fr.... | |
 | David Page - Geology - 1849 - 372 pages
...MORAINES — the name given in Switzerland to the longitudinal deposits of stony detritus which are found at the bases and along the edges of all the great...into their fissures, which, in freezing, expands the mass ; and the ice being thus loosened or detached from the rocks below, is gradually pressed forward... | |
 | Friedrich Schoedler - Astronomy - 1858 - 728 pages
...name. MORAI'NES. Fr. The name given by geologists to longitudinal deposits of stony detritus, found at the bases and along the edges of all the great glaciers. MO'BBS. Mulberry. A genus of plants of the family of Urti'cew. MOSASAU'RUS. From Meuee, name of a rirer,... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Biogeography - 1869 - 618 pages
...Rubiacea). MORAI'NES. Fr. The name given by geologists to longitudinal deposits of stony detritus found at the bases, and along the edges of all the great glaciers. MO'RCS. Mulberry. A genus of plants of the family of Urti'ceœ. MOSASAU'RUS. From Meiwe, name of a... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Biogeography - 1854 - 596 pages
...Rubiaceaa. MORAI'NKS. Fr. The name given by geologists to longitudinal deposits of stony detritus found at the bases, and along the edges of all the great glaciers. MO'RCS. Mulberry. A genus of plants of the family of Urti'cece. MOSARAC'RCS. From J/en»«, name of... | |
 | Cornelius S. Cartee - Physical geography - 1855 - 348 pages
...as oysters. Moraines', the name given by geologists to longitudinal deposits of stony detritus found at the bases and along the edges of all the great glaciers. Mu'ral, belonging or relating to a wall. Nim'bus, rain- cloud. Ni'trogen. See Azote. Nodule, a knot.... | |
 | William Chambers - 1859 - 234 pages
...MORAINES — the name given in Switzerland to the longitudinal deposits of stony detritus which arc found at the bases and along the edges of all the great...into their fissures, which, in freezing, expands the mags ; and the ice being thus loosened or detached from the rocks below, is gradually pressed forward... | |
 | Cornelius Sowle Cartée - Physical geography - 1861 - 356 pages
...as oysters. Moraines', the name given by geologists to longitudinal deposits of stony detritus found at the bases and along the edges of all the great glaciers. Mu'ral, belonging or relating to a wall. Nim'bus, rain-cloud. Ni'trogen. See Azote. Non-conduct ' or,... | |
 | David Page - Physical geography - 1864 - 352 pages
...and northern summers are the prime producers of these periodical air-currents. MORAINES.—The name given in Switzerland to the longitudinal mounds of...these accumulations is thus explained by Professor Agassis:—The glaciers, it is well known, are continually moving downwards, in consequence, probably,... | |
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Switzerland to the longitudinal deposits of stony detritus which are found at the bases and along the edges of all the great glaciers. The formation of these accumulations is thus explained by Professor Agassiz : — The glaciers, it is well known, are... 
