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Excerpt from Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts From the Note-Book of a Geologist and Mining Engineer
It is a pretty sight to stand on one of the bridges between two huge kilns and look at the yawning chasm, partly formed by nature, but greatly enlarged by man, on both sides of which are numerous groups of quarrymen actively boring, blasting, and removing the massive limestone, carting it into little wagons, and bringing it up the inclined planes to feed the insatiable mouths that stand ever open for the reception of fresh supplies. Here and there a jagged Odd-shaped rock projects from the earth, and may be seen to be a cherty or ?inty portion of the rock left behind by the water when eating out a passage be tween the limestone ou the two sides. At a distance one sees curious banded portions, and on approaching nearer a large number of white crystalline streaks, which the practised eye of the geologist at once recognises as connected with fossils, the remains of the inhabitants of the ocean, when these hard rocks were mere soft plastic mud, itself derived for the most part from animal structures.
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It is a pretty sight to stand on one of the bridges between two huge kilns and look at the yawning chasm, partly formed by nature, but greatly enlarged by man, on both sides of which are numerous groups of quarrymen actively boring, blasting, and removing the massive limestone, carting it into little wagons, and bringing it up the inclined planes to feed the insatiable mouths that stand ever open for the reception of fresh supplies. Here and there a jagged Odd-shaped rock projects from the earth, and may be seen to be a cherty or ?inty portion of the rock left behind by the water when eating out a passage be tween the limestone ou the two sides. At a distance one sees curious banded portions, and on approaching nearer a large number of white crystalline streaks, which the practised eye of the geologist at once recognises as connected with fossils, the remains of the inhabitants of the ocean, when these hard rocks were mere soft plastic mud, itself derived for the most part from animal structures.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Professor D. T. Ansted
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780656781843
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 343
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Professor D. T. Ansted
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ISBN - 9781332034055
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 345
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