Author: William Edmond Logan

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-03

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780428292638

Excerpt from Esquisse Geologique sur le Canada: Pour Servir A l'Intelligence de la Carte Geologique Et A la Collection de Mineraux Economiques Envoyes A l'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1855 Les conditions dans lesquelles se trouvent quelquefois ces calcaires montrent que les agents qui les ont rendus cristallins, ont ete de na tu c a rendre le carbonate de chaux presque liquide et que dans cet etat il a subi une grande pression. A l'appui de cette opinion, nous trouvons que le calcaire remplit souvent des fissures dans les couches siliceuses environnantes, et enveloppe des fragments detaches et sou vent plies, de ces strates moins fusibles, ala maniere d'une roche ignee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.