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Philosophical transactions (1665)

Royal Society of London · London [etc.] · leaf 24

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ularly be-neath the water. I subjoin a sketch (fig. 9.) which I made of the rock andmark as they appeared on the 1st ofJuly 1834. A vein of granite, com-posed of felspar and quartz, traversesthe gneiss in an oblique direction abovetlie mark. The rock is stated by Brun-CRONA to be in latitude 60° 18… … Mark at Graso near Oregrund. the ninth month (September) in the year 1820, and the runic letters at the beginningand end of the line are the initials of Olof Flumen. At the above date the horizontal line was exactly at the level of the sea on a calmday, when the water was supposed to be at its…

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