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... occur in many places throughout the Piedmont belt , especially in the northern tier of counties , can also be burned at times to advantage . Many of the calcareous clays in the southern and eastern sections of the state are also well ...
... occur in many places throughout the Piedmont belt , especially in the northern tier of counties , can also be burned at times to advantage . Many of the calcareous clays in the southern and eastern sections of the state are also well ...
Page 34
... occur chiefly throughout the southern and eastern por- tions of the state and are found at several different geological horizons ; and others of acknowledged superiority are known in the older formations of the western counties ...
... occur chiefly throughout the southern and eastern por- tions of the state and are found at several different geological horizons ; and others of acknowledged superiority are known in the older formations of the western counties ...
Page 37
... occur in suffi- ciently large quantities to be advantageously worked , although many of them have in the past been of economic value . Among these products may be mentioned copper , chrome , lead and zinc ores , asbes- tos , mica ...
... occur in suffi- ciently large quantities to be advantageously worked , although many of them have in the past been of economic value . Among these products may be mentioned copper , chrome , lead and zinc ores , asbes- tos , mica ...
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... occurring in the vicinity of Baltimore , arranged accord- ing to the distribution méthodique of Hauy , " in which he enumer- ates forty - three minerals found within a distance of 12 miles of the city . 1 Vol . vi , 1809 , pp . 283-293 ...
... occurring in the vicinity of Baltimore , arranged accord- ing to the distribution méthodique of Hauy , " in which he enumer- ates forty - three minerals found within a distance of 12 miles of the city . 1 Vol . vi , 1809 , pp . 283-293 ...
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... occurred in 1834. Numerous Maryland forms are referred to . An interesting section was presented by R. C. Taylor in the Trans- actions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania in 1835 , in which the relations of some of the rocks of ...
... occurred in 1834. Numerous Maryland forms are referred to . An interesting section was presented by R. C. Taylor in the Trans- actions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania in 1835 , in which the relations of some of the rocks of ...
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Page 239 - A REPORT TO THE NAVY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON AMERICAN COALS : Applicable to Steam Navigation and to other purposes.
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Page 76 - ... the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under...
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Page 257 - Tables and results of the precipitation in rain and snow in the United States, and at some stations in adjacent parts of North America, and in Central and South America.
Page 254 - Second Contribution to the History of the Vertebrata of the Miocene Period of the US Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. xx, 1868, pp.