 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 562 pages
...inhabited a long, straight, and chambered conical shell. Etym., ftc\ttivov, belemnon, a dart. BITUMEN. Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which...bitumen, which is very common in the coal measures. BLUFFS. High banks presenting a precipitous front to the sea or a river. A term used in the United... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...inhabited a long, straight, and chambered conical shell. Etym., fitXtpvov, belemnon, a dart. BITUMEN. Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which...BITUMINOUS SHALE. An argillaceous shale, much impregnated w bitumen, which is very common in the coal measures. BLENDE. A metallic ore, a compound of the metal... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 420 pages
...having a long, straight, and chambered conical shell. Etym., f$e\(iu•ov, belemnm, a dart. BITUMEN. Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which...seen to ooze out of the Newcastle coal when on the 6re, and which makes it cake, is a good example. Etym., bitumen, pitch. BITUMINOUS SHALE. An argillaceous... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Geology - 1836 - 686 pages
...west anticlinal axis. Argillaceous. — Clayey, composed of clay. Etym- argilla, clay. Bitumen. — Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which...bitumen, which is very common in the coal measures. Calcareous Eock.—- Limestone. Etym. calx, lime. Calcareous Spar — Crystallized carbonate of lime.... | |
 | geologocal survey of pennsylvania - Geology - 1838 - 446 pages
...east and west anticlinal axis. Argillaceous. Clayey, composed of clay. Etym. argilla, clay. Bitumen. Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which...bitumen, which is very common in the coal measures. Calcareous Rock. Limestone. Etym. calx, lime. Oalcareous Spar. Crystallized carbonate of lime. Curlxm.... | |
 | George Roberts - 1839 - 208 pages
...wismutfi) ; a metal often confounded by the ancients with lead and tin. BITUMEN (bitumen, pitch) ; mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which...coal, when on the fire, and which makes it cake, is, as Mr. Lyell says, a good example. BITUMINOUS SHALE ; an argillaceous shale, much impregnated with... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1854 - 870 pages
...A*Umnon, a dart. BITUMEN. Mineral piteh, of which the tar-like substance which is often seen to oozo out of the Newcastle coal when on the fire, and which...makes it cake, is a good example. Etym., bitumen, piteh. BITUMINOUS SHALE. An argillaccous shale, much impregnated with bitumen, which is very common... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...Bird's-Eyc Limestone. This is the name of a formation in the New York System. See p;,ge 114. Bitumen. Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which is often seen to ooze out of bituminous coal, when on the fire, and which makes it cake, is a good example. Bituminous Shale. An... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1865 - 880 pages
...dart. BITUMEN. Mineral pitch, of which tho tar-like substance which is often seen to ooze out of tho Newcastle coal when on the fire, and which makes it cake, is a good example. Etym., lilumtn, pitch. BITUMINOUS SHALE. An argillaceous shale, n;uch impregnated with bitumen, which is very... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1868 - 876 pages
...Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, and chambered conical shell. Etym., fic^tar, Inlemnon, a dart. BrrratKN. Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which is often seen to oozo out of tho Newcastle coal when on tho fire, and which makes it cake, is a good example. Etym,,... | |
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Bitumen. — Mineral pitch, of which the tar-like substance which is often seen to ooze out of the Newcastle coal when on the fire, and which makes it cake, is a good example. 
