 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 720 pagina’s
...exact date and rate of destruction Fig. 17. Recent furrows on ledge of sandstone at Cape Blomidon. are immaterial. On this recently formed ledge, I saw...fig. 17, others diverging, as c, the direction of «, b, being N. 35° E., VOL. II. 14 146 RKCENT GLACIAL FURROWS. CHAP. XXIII. or corresponding to that... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 560 pagina’s
...the points a, 10, 50, or 100 years ago, I have no means of estimating ; but the exact date and rate of destruction are immaterial. On this recently formed...an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others diverging, the direction being N. 35° E., or corresponding to that of the shore at this point.... | |
 | 1847 - 586 pagina’s
...geologist that the denudation by which the ledge in question has been exposed to view is of modern date. On this recently formed ledge, I saw several straight...an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others diverging. After walking about a quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar furrows,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 304 pagina’s
...means of estimating ; but the exact date and rate Fig. 17. Recent furrows on ledge of sandstone at Cape Blomidon. of destruction are immaterial. On this...at this point. After walking about a quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar furrows, having the same general direction within five degrees... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1859 - 444 pagina’s
...counterpart of those grooves of ancient date which I have so often attributed to glacial action On a recently formed ledge I saw several straight furrows...an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others slightly divergent ; and, after walking about a quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 446 pagina’s
...counterpart of those grooves of ancient date which I have so often attributed to glacial action On a recently formed ledge I saw several straight furrows...an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others slightly divergent ; and, after walking about a quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 436 pagina’s
...grooves of ancient date which I have so often attributed to glacial action. . . . On a recently-formed ledge I saw several straight furrows half an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others slightly divergent ; and, after walking about a quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar... | |
 | George Frederick Wright - 1889 - 704 pagina’s
...of estimating ; but the exact date and rate of destruction are immaterial. On this recently-formed ledge I saw several straight furrows half an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others diverging, the direction of the former being north 35° east, or corresponding to that of the... | |
 | George Frederick Wright - 1911 - 848 pagina’s
...of estimating ; but the exact date and rate of destruction are immaterial. On this recently-formed ledge I saw several straight furrows half an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel, others diverging, the direction of the former being north 35° east, or corresponding to that of the... | |
 | 1917 - 594 pagina’s
...but the exact date and rate destruction are immaterial. On this recently formed ledge, I saw sever* straight furrows half an inch broad, some of them very nearly parallel others diverging, the direction being N. 35° E., or corresponding to that t; the shore at this point.... | |
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... being N. 35° E., or corresponding to that of the shore at this point. After walking about a quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar furrows, having the same general direction within five degrees ; and I made up my mind that if these grooves... 
