 | Stephen Hyde Cassan - 1824 - 854 pagina’s
...west to east, consisted of a NAVE, CHOIR, anil LADY'S CHAPEL, to which were added TRANSEPTS, extending on one side to the north, and on the other to the south. These were all distinct parts, and when united, formed a whole. The high altar was placed at the extremity... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1841 - 946 pagina’s
...must necessarily be east and west. We have borrowed the word from the German geologists, rf/riY/va signifying to extend, to have a certain direction....level in all directions, has neither dip nor strike. Ills always important for the geologist, who is endeavouring to comprehend the structure of a country,... | |
 | William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger - 1846 - 258 pagina’s
...bearing, must necessarily be east and west, because the strike is always at right angles with the dip, "Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row...side to the north, and on the other to the south." The angle formed by the roof with the plane of the horizon would be the angle of dip. 14. Conformable... | |
 | John Phillips - 1853 - 418 pagina’s
...Wilton, probably in a direction from west to east. The oolitic and lias strata dipping from this axis on one side to the north, and on the other to the south (but very moderately), are, as in the cases already given, — the Silurians and the coal-measures,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 556 pagina’s
...forty-five degrees. The strike, or line of bearing, is the prolongation or extension of the strata in a direction at right angles to the dip ; and hence...strike. It is always important for the geologist, who is endeavoring to comprehend the structure of a country, to learn how the beds dip in every part of the... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1861 - 348 pagina’s
...outcrop has an east and west direction. " Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row of heuses running east and west ; the long ridge of the roof...slates, which dip on one side to the north and on tho other to the south. A stratum which is horizontal or level in all directions has neither dip nor... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1864 - 348 pagina’s
...outcrop has an east and west direction. " Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row of heuses running east and west ; the long ridge of the roof...and on the other to the south. A. stratum which is herizontal or level in all directions has neither dip nor strike." • — LTELL. The dip of a stratum... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1865 - 348 pagina’s
...outcrop has an east and west direction. " Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row of heuses running east and west ; the long ridge of the roof...and on the other to the south. A. stratum which is herizontal or level in all directions has neither dip nor strike." — LYELL. The dip of a stratum... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 866 pagina’s
...forty-five degrees. The strike, or line of bearing, is the prolongation or extension of the strata in a direction at right angles to the dip ; and hence...strike. It is always important for the geologist, who is endeavoring to comprehend the structure of a country, to learn how the beds dip in every part of the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 910 pagina’s
...forty-five degrees. The strike, or line of bearing, is the prolongation or extension of the strata in a direction at right angles to the dip ; and hence...horizontal, or quite level in all directions, has neilher dip nor strike. It is always important for the geologist, who is endeavoring to comprehend... | |
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... the direction of the strata. Thus, in the above instance of strata dipping to the north, their strike must necessarily be east and west. We have borrowed the word from the German geologists, streichen signifying to extend, to have a certain direction.... 
