 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1858 - 972 pages
...shall speak more particularly of the soib while treating of the formations on which they are formed. 2d. Pebbles and Sand. Many of our streams abound in...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1858 - 476 pages
...more particularly of the soils while treating of the formations on which they are formed. 2d. PeliUes and Sand. Many of our streams abound in water-worn...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...their disintegration. Hence soils resting upon sandstones are light and sandy, those upon limestone, are calcareous, and those on shales, wet and clayey....they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the obstruction they often present to navigation, as in the Osage, give... | |
 | 1858 - 482 pages
...shall speak more particularly of the soils while treating of the formations on which they are formed. 2d. Pebbles and Sand. Many of our streams abound in...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1858 - 466 pages
...shall speak more particularly of the soils while treating of the formations on which they are formed. 2d. Pebbles and Sand. Many of our streams abound in...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 504 pages
...shall speak more particularly of the soils, while treating of the rocks from which they were formed. 2d. Pebbles and Sand. — Many of our streams abound...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 494 pages
...soils, while treating of the rocks from which they were formed. 2d. Pebbles and Sand. — Many of onr streams abound in waterworn pebbles, which constitute...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they are found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
 | William Franklin Switzler - History - 1879 - 658 pages
...materials of the Quaternary Strata are unusually coarse, or entirely wanting. I 500 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Pebbles and Sand. Many of our streams abound in water-worn...in size according to the transporting power of the streams in which they a^ found. The economical value of these pebbles for roads and streets, and the... | |
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I shall speak more particularly of the soils while treating of the formations on which they are formed. 2d. Pebbles and Sand. Many of our streams abound in water-worn pebbles, which constitute their beds, and form bars along their margins and across their... 