 | 1825 - 432 pagina’s
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, had been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...were placed on a right truncated cone, resembling exact I y, but on an infinitely greater scale, what often occurs in caverns, where the descending stalactite... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 588 pagina’s
...accompaniment at — Tuba, mirum spargens sonum , • Pet sepulchra regionum, Cogct omnes ante thronum. tain elevation, they begin to dilate again as they rise...an infinitely greater scale, what often occurs in caserns, where the descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite. The abyss which lies deep... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 612 pagina’s
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, had been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite. " — Russel's Germany. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the quadersandstein... | |
 | 1838 - 582 pagina’s
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, had been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...right truncated cone, resembling exactly, but on an in6nitely greater scale, what often occurs in caverns, where the descending stalactite rests on an... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pagina’s
...frightful gorges, as if the chisel had been used to hew passages through them. They should rather he called lanes, so narrow are they, so deeply sunk,...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite. " — Russel's Germany. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the quadersandsteiu... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pagina’s
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, had been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...where the descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite."—VtV, 1 ;sel's Germany. All that is best worth noticing, is described in the following... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1843 - 848 pagina’s
...in»erted pyramids, increasing in breadth as they (hoot higher into the air. Occasionally, they presenta still more singular appearance; for, after tapering...to a certain elevation, they begin to dilate again аз they rise higher, as if au inverted truncated cone were placed on a right truncated cone, resembling... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 674 pagina’s
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, had been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite." — linsseTs Germany. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the Quadersandstein... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1850 - 676 pagina’s
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, had been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...placed on a right truncated cone, resembling exactly, bu" on an infinitely greater scale, what often occurs in caverns, where the descending stalactite-... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1852 - 662 pagina’s
...form. Some have a huge rounded mase reclining on their summit, which appears scarcely broad cnoxigh to poise it ; others have a more regular mass laid...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite." — Biissell's Gernvmy. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the Quadersandstein... | |
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These perpendicular masses, again, are divided and grooved horizontally into layers, or apparent layers, like blocks regularly laid upon each other to form the wall. The extremities are seldom sharp or angular, but almost always rounded, betraying the... 
