 ... what consequences would follow ? The extremities of the strata now exposed to the sea, would at every ebb-tide be left dry, to a depth equal to the fall of the tide. Much water, formerly prevented from escaping by the altitude of the outlet, would...  Annals of Philosophy - Seite 2931824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1824 - 510 Seiten
...all the conditions of the problem, and now venture to offer a solution. The opinion which I have been led to form has been entertained for some years, and...would act more powerfully in the absence of the water which filled every pore. All the strata above low water-mark would thus collapse, and the surface of... | |
 | 1824 - 940 Seiten
...sufficient density to support trees : Suppose a marsh in this condition to have its seaward barrier removed, what consequences would follow ? The extremities of...would act more powerfully in the absence of the water, which previously filled every pore. All the strata above low-water mark would thus collapse, and the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 938 Seiten
...sufficient density to support trees : Suppose a marsh in this condition to have its seaward barrier removed, what consequences would follow ? The extremities of...prevented from escaping by the altitude of the outlet, woidd now ooze out from the moist beds, and the subsiding force would act more powerfully in the absence... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 938 Seiten
...sufficient density to support trees : Suppose a marsh in this condition to have its seaward barrier removed, what consequences would follow ? The extremities of...every ebb-tide be left dry to a depth equal to the fail of the tide. Much water, formerly prevented from escaping by the altitude of the outlet, would... | |
 | 1824 - 942 Seiten
...sufficient density to support trees : Suppose a marsh in this condition to have its seaward barrier removed, what consequences would follow? The extremities of...at every ebb-tide be left . dry to a depth equal to tlie fall of the tide. Much water, formerly prevented from escaping by the altitude of the outlet,... | |
 | John M. Leighton - 1840 - 264 Seiten
...condition to have the level of its outlet lowered, or rather to have its sea-ward barrier removed, what consequences would follow ? The extremities of...would act more powerfully in the absence of the water which filled every pore. All the strata above low water mark would thus collapse, and the surface of... | |
 | 1853 - 420 Seiten
...have the level of its outlet lowered, or rather to have its sea-ward barrier removed, what consquences would follow ? The extremities of the strata, now...would act more powerfully in the absence of the water which filled every pore. All the strata above low-water mark would thus collapse ; and the surface... | |
 | 1853 - 428 Seiten
...its outlet lowered, or rather to have its sea-ward barrier removed, what consquences would follow 1 The extremities of the strata, now exposed to the...would act more powerfully in the absence of the water which filled every pore. All the strata above low-water mark would thus collapse , and the surface... | |
 | 1858 - 812 Seiten
...the level of its outlet lowered, or, rather, to have its seaward barrier removed (an occur • rence which many circumstances induce us to believe to have...the strata now exposed to the sea, would at every ebb tide be left dry, to a depth equal to the fall of the tide. Much water, formerly prevented from... | |
 | John Croumbie Brown - 1883 - 298 Seiten
...condition to have the level of its outlet lowered, or rather to have its sea-ward barrier removed, what consequences would follow ? The extremities of...from escaping by the altitude of the outlet, would N now ooze out from the moist beds; and the subsiding force would act more powerfully in the absence... | |
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