Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 269
direction of the bore would be always vertical. But the shellsare found in various strata, making various angles with the hori-zon according to the elevation of the strata, as shown in the fig-ure below, and occasionally, a more recent*lhell will have the … vertical direction as at a, boring the cavity subsequently to theelevation of the strata. Beds of pebbles, once deposited in reg-• ular horizontal strata, are found making angles with the horizon,thus witnessing the same fact. We will now briefly consider some of the most remarkableearthquakes…
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