Ice-work, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1903 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina x
... the deposits near Zurich , the Rev. E. Hill for co - operation in visiting those of Eastern England , and Miss C. A. Raisin for reading the first proofs of this book . TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1. - EXISTING EVIDENCE CHAP . X PREFACE.
... the deposits near Zurich , the Rev. E. Hill for co - operation in visiting those of Eastern England , and Miss C. A. Raisin for reading the first proofs of this book . TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1. - EXISTING EVIDENCE CHAP . X PREFACE.
Pagina 10
... hills of Auvergne . Instead of rough angular ridges , jutting knobs and rude hollows , we find rounded , smoothed , in places even polished surfaces . The last task , however , has been ill performed , for the smoothed face of the rock ...
... hills of Auvergne . Instead of rough angular ridges , jutting knobs and rude hollows , we find rounded , smoothed , in places even polished surfaces . The last task , however , has been ill performed , for the smoothed face of the rock ...
Pagina 28
... hill , noted for a picturesque ravine called the Teufelskeller . The pebble - bed apparently forms not only the crags at On the Uetliberg this gravel is Very many of the pebbles are in diameter ; occasionally they 1 Hence the latter ...
... hill , noted for a picturesque ravine called the Teufelskeller . The pebble - bed apparently forms not only the crags at On the Uetliberg this gravel is Very many of the pebbles are in diameter ; occasionally they 1 Hence the latter ...
Pagina 29
... hill over- looking the Limmat , is one instance ; the same is true of the Hohe Promenade , and of all the terrace on which the Polytechnic is built . Similar deposits may be traced on the Zurichberg.2 Excavations in this locality are ...
... hill over- looking the Limmat , is one instance ; the same is true of the Hohe Promenade , and of all the terrace on which the Polytechnic is built . Similar deposits may be traced on the Zurichberg.2 Excavations in this locality are ...
Pagina 30
... hill above Thalwyl , on the left bank of the Lake of Zurich , is another group of excavations in a morainic deposit , which requires a brief descrip- tion . The clayey matrix contains rather more sand than in the last - named instance ...
... hill above Thalwyl , on the left bank of the Lake of Zurich , is another group of excavations in a morainic deposit , which requires a brief descrip- tion . The clayey matrix contains rather more sand than in the last - named instance ...
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Pagina 59 - It was a beautifully clear evening, and we had a most enchanting view of the two magnificent ranges of mountains, whose lofty peaks, perfectly covered with eternal snow, rose to elevations varying from seven to ten thousand feet above the level of the ocean. The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the nea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular cliffs.