The Quarterly Journal of Science, Volume 3John Churchill and Sons, 1866 - Science |
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Page 11
... less moisture , the radiation becomes much greater , and the vegetation less luxuriant , with the leaves of a light - green instead of a dark- green colour . The lavas appeared to have flowed in numerous streams from different openings ...
... less moisture , the radiation becomes much greater , and the vegetation less luxuriant , with the leaves of a light - green instead of a dark- green colour . The lavas appeared to have flowed in numerous streams from different openings ...
Page 12
... less luxuriant and more scanty , till here it was reduced to the Codeso , and large tufts of mountain broom . The dry , close , and ligneous formation of its leaves enables it to support the immense difference of climate it has to ...
... less luxuriant and more scanty , till here it was reduced to the Codeso , and large tufts of mountain broom . The dry , close , and ligneous formation of its leaves enables it to support the immense difference of climate it has to ...
Page 14
... less felspathic minerals ; some were obsidian , or volcanic glass , of a jet - black colour , having internally a shining vitreous lustre , breaking with a con- choidal fracture , and translucent at the edges . It is worthy of remark ...
... less felspathic minerals ; some were obsidian , or volcanic glass , of a jet - black colour , having internally a shining vitreous lustre , breaking with a con- choidal fracture , and translucent at the edges . It is worthy of remark ...
Page 16
... less than it was before . It has been observed , from the earliest anti- quity , that the air becomes more sonorous at night than in the day , but I am not aware that the cause of it has been well ascertained . The general opinion is ...
... less than it was before . It has been observed , from the earliest anti- quity , that the air becomes more sonorous at night than in the day , but I am not aware that the cause of it has been well ascertained . The general opinion is ...
Page 22
... less than 75 various layers of lava and vegetable earth ; some of the layers consisted of compact basalt , trachytic porphyry , and phonolite , between some of them were layers of vegetable earth three and four inches thick , with fine ...
... less than 75 various layers of lava and vegetable earth ; some of the layers consisted of compact basalt , trachytic porphyry , and phonolite , between some of them were layers of vegetable earth three and four inches thick , with fine ...
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