 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 320 pagina’s
...nearly parallel, as a, b, fig. 17., others diverging, as c, the direction of a, I, being N. 35° E., or corresponding to that of the shore at this point....quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar furrow?, having the same general direction within five degrees; and I made up my mind that if these... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 344 pagina’s
...nearly parallel, as a, b, fig. 17., others diverging, as c, the direction of a, b, being N. 35° E., or corresponding to that of the shore at this point. After walking about a quarter of a milej I found another set of similar furrows, having the same general direction within five degrees... | |
 | Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - 1859 - 446 pagina’s
...quarter of a mile, I found another set of similar furrows, having the same general direction within about five degrees ; and I made up my mind that, if these...hypothesis. When I asked my guide, a peasant of the neighborhood, whether he had ever seen much ice on the spot where we stood, the heat was so excessive... | |
 | Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - 1859 - 450 pagina’s
...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...furrows, having the same general direction within about five degrees ; and I made up my mind that, if these grooves could not be referred to the modern... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1859 - 454 pagina’s
...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...furrows, having the same general direction within about five degrees ; and I made up my mind that, if these grooves could not be referred to the modern... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1859 - 408 pagina’s
...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...furrows, having the same general direction within about five degrees; and I made up my mind that, if these . grooves could not be referred to the modern... | |
 | Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - 1860 - 478 pagina’s
...found another set of similar furrows, having the same general direction within about five decrees; and I made up my mind that, if these grooves could...hypothesis. When I asked my guide, a peasant of the neighborhood, whether he had ever seen much ice on the spot where we stood, the heat was so excessive... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1860 - 436 pagina’s
...having the same general direction within about five degrees ; and I made up my mind that, if tliese grooves could not be referred to the modern instrumentality...hypothesis. When I asked my guide, a peasant of the neighborhood, whether he had ever seen much ice on the spot where we stood1, the heat was so excessive... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 446 pagina’s
...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...furrows, having the same general direction within about five degrees; and I made up my mind that, if these grooves could not be referred to the modern... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 436 pagina’s
...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...furrows, having the same general direction within about five degrees ; and I made up my mind that, if these grooves could not be referred to the modern... | |
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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 could not be referred to the modern instrumentality of ice, it would throw no small doubt on the glacial hypothesis.... 
