Geological Magazine, Volumen3Henry Woodward Cambridge University Press, 1866 |
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... the substance of a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in 1816 ; a second edition of this work was issued in 1829. He died on February 11th , aged 81. A new edition of his dictionary is now being re - edited . 1 ...
... the substance of a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in 1816 ; a second edition of this work was issued in 1829. He died on February 11th , aged 81. A new edition of his dictionary is now being re - edited . 1 ...
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action ancient appear beds bones Boulder-clay Brachiopoda Carboniferous caves Chalk character clay cliffs coal coast cone containing Crag Cretaceous Crustacea denudation deposits described Devonian district drift elevation escarpment evidence excavated exhibited existence fault fauna feet flint formation fossils genus Geol GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE Geological Society Geological Survey geologists Glacial gneiss gorge granite Graptolites Greensand hills igneous igneous rocks land Limestone London clay Lough Corrib lower marine mass metamorphic miles mineral Miocene mountain neighbourhood observed occur Old Red Sandstone Oolitic operculum origin paper period Permian Plate Pliocene portion present probably Professor quartz R. I. Murchison raised beach Red Sandstone remains remarkable ridge river rocks sand scale seen shales shells side Silurian similar slope species specimens stone strata stream striæ structure surface terraces Tertiary Thames gravel thickness traces Upper valley volcanic Weald
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