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... columns should be hexagonal , but usually neither the con- stituents of the rock nor the physical conditions are sufficiently uniform to ensure perfect symmetry , and thus they vary . Columns having more or less than six sides are the ...
... columns should be hexagonal , but usually neither the con- stituents of the rock nor the physical conditions are sufficiently uniform to ensure perfect symmetry , and thus they vary . Columns having more or less than six sides are the ...
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... Columns , " in the lower zone of the lava flow , as they are bent , or curved , inward at the top . This curvature is probably due to the same cause as that which bent the columns at Clamshell Cave , and not , as might be supposed from ...
... Columns , " in the lower zone of the lava flow , as they are bent , or curved , inward at the top . This curvature is probably due to the same cause as that which bent the columns at Clamshell Cave , and not , as might be supposed from ...
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... columns , while the roof is made up of smaller interlacing ones . The whole structure bears some resemblance to a Gothic Cathedral , the sea finding access to its floor of broken columns . This statement is not quite accurate . The ...
... columns , while the roof is made up of smaller interlacing ones . The whole structure bears some resemblance to a Gothic Cathedral , the sea finding access to its floor of broken columns . This statement is not quite accurate . The ...
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INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
DISCOVERY OF STAFFA BY SIR JOSEPH BANKS | 11 |
EARLY TRANSPORT TO STAFFA AND THE ISLANDS | 23 |
Urheberrecht | |
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appears arch Ardtun Atlantic Banks's basalt beautiful believed bird Boat Cave boatmen cavern centre Clamshell Cave cliffs coast Colonnade colour columnar rock columns cormorant dark described description of Staffa Dr Johnson earth's Edinburgh edition entrance evidence famous Faujas feet Fingal's Cave formation formed Gaelic Gaels geologists Giant's Causeway Glasgow Gometra Gunna Mor Hebrides height Herdsman Inchkenneth including Staffa inhabitants Iona Ireland Island of Staffa lava flows Loch MacCulloch MacKinnon's Cave MacQuarrie mention miles natural neighbouring islanders Oban ocean Ossian owing paddle steamer pillars poem published puffins Ranald MacDonald region ruins sailed says scene Scotland sea level seen Sir Joseph Banks Skerryvore south-west Staffa and Iona steamboat steamer stones storm surface Tertiary tide Tobermory Torloisk Tour Treshnish Isles tuff Ulva estate visit to Staffa visited Staffa visitors volcanic volcanic activity Watteville waves weather West Highlands Western Isles wind wonderful
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