Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 215
h, yet the changes effected by this process, in 212 THE WORLB, strata composed of loose materials are of very great importance^for by an infiltration of carbonate of lime, sand is converted intosandstone, and soft chalk into solid rock, and tho loose shells ofFlorida into compact stone. By this… … oast corner of the main land of Guadalope is a bed of recentlimestone, nearly submerged at high tides. In it are found shells,,fragments of pottery, stone arrow-heads, wooden and stone or-naments, and human skeletons. It is quite evident that the rockmust have been soft and yielding when these…
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