The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 27Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1799 |
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Pagina 6
... fome interefting obfervations , which must be read in the work . What M. St. Fond fays on the subject of granitic lavas , muft be received with fome referve . The di- itinction is not fo eafy as he feems to apprehend . At Dunbarton ...
... fome interefting obfervations , which must be read in the work . What M. St. Fond fays on the subject of granitic lavas , muft be received with fome referve . The di- itinction is not fo eafy as he feems to apprehend . At Dunbarton ...
Pagina 7
... fome particles , or rather finall lamina of mica . No veftige of marine bodies is ever found in thefe circumstances , as the calcareous matter is then in a sparry state , that is , held in a ftate of folution ; the first mode of its ...
... fome particles , or rather finall lamina of mica . No veftige of marine bodies is ever found in thefe circumstances , as the calcareous matter is then in a sparry state , that is , held in a ftate of folution ; the first mode of its ...
Pagina 8
... fome other inftances . We cannot , indeed , pronounce , that fpars or granites never exifted in a lefs compounded flate ; but it is , perhaps , more difficult to fhow , that they have done fo . A rapid and confufed cryitallifation of ...
... fome other inftances . We cannot , indeed , pronounce , that fpars or granites never exifted in a lefs compounded flate ; but it is , perhaps , more difficult to fhow , that they have done fo . A rapid and confufed cryitallifation of ...
Pagina 9
... fome fup- ported the chaifes , fome held back the wheels , and others endea- voured to find fome traces of the road . In this manner we pro ceeded flowly onwards , with much trouble and great fear , not knowing where we were , nor where ...
... fome fup- ported the chaifes , fome held back the wheels , and others endea- voured to find fome traces of the road . In this manner we pro ceeded flowly onwards , with much trouble and great fear , not knowing where we were , nor where ...
Pagina 10
... fome calcareous ftones . The account is very inte- refting , particularly of the volcanic part , which St. Fond fup- pofes , without reafon , to have been a fubmarine volcano , from not adverting to the comparatively small degree of ...
... fome calcareous ftones . The account is very inte- refting , particularly of the volcanic part , which St. Fond fup- pofes , without reafon , to have been a fubmarine volcano , from not adverting to the comparatively small degree of ...
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