 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary works on chemistry. OXIDE. The combination of a metal with oxygen ; rust is oxide of iron. PACHYDERMATA. An order of quadrupeds, including the elephant, rhinoceros, horse, pig, &c., distinguished... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 420 pages
...geological language. OVATE. The shape of an egg. Etym., ovum, egg. OVIPOSITING. The laying of eggs. OXIDE. The combination of a metal with oxygen ; rust...iron. OXYGEN. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1834 - 422 pages
...geological language. OVATE. The shape of an egg. Etym., ovum, egg. OVIPOSITING. The laying of eggs. OXIDE. The combination of a metal with oxygen; rust...iron. OXYGEN. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Geology - 1836 - 686 pages
...different mineral. The brilliant scales in granite are mica. Etym. mico, to shine. Organic Remains. The remains of animals and plants (organized bodies)...combination of a metal with oxygen ; rust is oxide of iron. OEo. REP. — 12. Oxygen. One of the constituent parts of the air or the atmosphere ; that part which... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...some practical mineral surveyors call it an outlier, and the term is adopted in geological language. Oxide. The combination of a metal with oxygen ; rust...iron. Oxygen. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...geological language. OVATE. The shape of an egg. Etym., ovum, egg. OVIPOSITING. The laying of eggs. OIIDE. The combination of a metal with oxygen ; rust is oxide...iron. OXYGEN. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1854 - 870 pages
...shape of an egg. Etym., ovum, egg. OVIPOSITING. The laying of eggs. OXIDE. Tho combination of a metnl with oxygen; rust is oxide of iron. OXYGEN. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere; that part which supports life. For a farther explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...No. 5, the Chouteau Limestone between Buffalo and Bolivar, is an outlier. Oeate. The shape of an egg. Oxide. The combination of a metal with oxygen ; rust...iron. Oxygen. One of the constituent parts of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1868 - 876 pages
...The shape of an egg. Etym., ovum, egg. OVIPOSITING. The laying p.1' eggs. OXIDE. The combination of n metal with oxygen ; rust is oxide of iron. OXYGEN. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere; that part which supports life. For a farther explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
 | William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 880 pages
...some practical mineral surveyors call it an outlier, and the term is adopted in geological language. Oxide. — The combination of a metal with oxygen...Oxygen. — One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary... | |
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OXIDE. The combination of a metal with oxygen; rust is oxide of iron. OXYGEN. One of the constituent parts of the air of the atmosphere ; that part which supports life. For a further explanation of the word, consult elementary works on chemistry. 
