Open-air Studies: An Introduction to Geology Out-of-doorsC. Griffin, limited, 1895 - 322 Seiten |
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... rise to sapphires and to a green variety . Rubies have also been made by adding potassium bichro- mate , and sapphires by adding cobalt oxide ( Fouqué and Lévy , Synthèse des Minéraux et des Roches , pp . 220 and 222 ) . rely on other ...
... rise to sapphires and to a green variety . Rubies have also been made by adding potassium bichro- mate , and sapphires by adding cobalt oxide ( Fouqué and Lévy , Synthèse des Minéraux et des Roches , pp . 220 and 222 ) . rely on other ...
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... rise . Some pyroxenes , closely allied to augite , contain soda mole- cules , and may be styled soda - pyroxenes . The rhombic pyroxenes do not contain alumina , being silicates of mag- nesium and iron , with about 50 per cent . of ...
... rise . Some pyroxenes , closely allied to augite , contain soda mole- cules , and may be styled soda - pyroxenes . The rhombic pyroxenes do not contain alumina , being silicates of mag- nesium and iron , with about 50 per cent . of ...
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... rise most readily to the higher regions . Air at any given temperature , however , can only absorb a certain quantity of water - vapour ; it then has reached its saturation - point , and must yield up some of its water - vapour in the ...
... rise most readily to the higher regions . Air at any given temperature , however , can only absorb a certain quantity of water - vapour ; it then has reached its saturation - point , and must yield up some of its water - vapour in the ...
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... rise through and above this " snow - surface , " the line formed on them by the local snow - level will be what is called the snow - line . Sometimes , when the accumulation in winter is very great , snow may lie at levels where the ...
... rise through and above this " snow - surface , " the line formed on them by the local snow - level will be what is called the snow - line . Sometimes , when the accumulation in winter is very great , snow may lie at levels where the ...
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... rise above the snow - line . On the upper parts of these huge mountains all moisture will be deposited as snow and hoar- frost . Here and there the bare rocks may get heated by the sun , may melt the snow in their crevices , and may be ...
... rise above the snow - line . On the upper parts of these huge mountains all moisture will be deposited as snow and hoar- frost . Here and there the bare rocks may get heated by the sun , may melt the snow in their crevices , and may be ...
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