Works, Volume 23D. Estes, 1989 |
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Page 204
... structure was a necessary consequence of the mode in which the mate- rials were accumulated ; but it is not less true that this bedded structure is now the principal means of securing the stability of the mass , and is to be regarded as ...
... structure was a necessary consequence of the mode in which the mate- rials were accumulated ; but it is not less true that this bedded structure is now the principal means of securing the stability of the mass , and is to be regarded as ...
Page 206
... structure involves some monotony of aspect ; and that the possibility of a rent like that indicated in the last figure , extending itself without a check , so as to detach some vast portion of the mountain at once , would be a means of ...
... structure involves some monotony of aspect ; and that the possibility of a rent like that indicated in the last figure , extending itself without a check , so as to detach some vast portion of the mountain at once , would be a means of ...
Page 489
... structure to be altogether regulated by the lines of bed or cleavage then in sight . Let him , however , wait for another quarter of an hour , and he will see those lines fade entirely away as the sun rounds them ; and another set ...
... structure to be altogether regulated by the lines of bed or cleavage then in sight . Let him , however , wait for another quarter of an hour , and he will see those lines fade entirely away as the sun rounds them ; and another set ...
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