 Having taken a general survey of the surface of the floor we returned to the point from which we set out, viz., the common passage, for the purpose of piercing into the materials below the mould. Here, in sinking a foot into the soil (for of stalagmite...  The Literature of Kent's Cavern: Parts I-III. - Page 35by William Pengelly - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1851 - 776 pages
...— a lump much oxydized, which the late Mr. Phillips analyzed, was found to be pure virgin ore. " Having taken a general survey of the surface of the...piercing into the materials below the mould. Here in sinking a foot into the soil, (for of stalagmite there remained only the broken edges adhering to... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1857 - 796 pages
...stalagmite, according as they happened to lie within the reach of the drop when exposed on the surface. Having taken a general survey of the surface of the...piercing into the materials below the mould. Here, in sinking a foot into the soil (for of stalagmite there remained only the broken edges adhering to... | |
 | J. MacEnery - 1859 - 160 pages
...stalagmite, according as they happened to lie within the reach of the drop when exposed as the surface. Having taken a general survey of the surface of the...the point from which we set out, viz., the common passage,—for the. purpose of piercing into the materials below the mould. Here, in sinking a foot... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1861 - 554 pages
...up ; a lump much oxydised, which the late Mr. Phillips analysed, was found to be pure virgin ore. " Having taken a general survey of the surface of the...piercing into the materials below the mould. Here, in sinking a foot into the soil (for of stalagmite there remained only the broken edges adhering to... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1885 - 590 pages
...BRITONS. [CHAP. m. oxydised, which the late Mr Phillips analysed, was found to be pure virgin ore. ' Having taken a general survey of the surface of the...piercing into the materials below the mould. Here, in sinking a foot into the soil (for of stalagmite there remained only the broken edges adhering to... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1902 - 590 pages
...up ; a lump much oxydised, whicfi the late Mr Phillips analysed, was found to be pure virgin ore. ' Having taken a general survey of the surface of the...for the purpose of piercing into the materials below thc mould. Here, in sinking a foot into the soil (for of stalagmite there remained only the broken... | |
 | 1869 - 550 pages
...remarkable none having been found in the same deposit with the great mass of bones — but simply encased iu stalactite as here, or deeply imbedded in the stalagmite...of the passage and which appeared to be repeated at iptervals,) we came upon flints in all forms, — confusedly disseminated through the earth and intermixed... | |
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