Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 218
flourish in the island are found completelypetrified, preserving the same appearance as when vegetating.There are many springs in this country which deposit siliciousand calcareous matter. Iron is found in the waters of almost all springs, and some ofthem are so copiously impregnated with this… … -Many of the ancient sandstones are cemented and colored byiron, and pebbles are firmly bound together in ferruginous con- 216 THE WORLIh glomerate. Occasionally nails, or other pieces of iron, are foundin the centre of a hard nodule of sandstone, formed by this pro-cess. The engraving, from Dr.…
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