 | Science - 1853 - 396 pages
...to the truth. The strata at the South Joggins are nearly three miles thick, and they are known to be also of enormous thickness in the district of the...average thickness of the whole of the coal measures. The area of the coal-field, including part of New Brunswick to the west, and Prince Edward's Island and... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...to the truth. The strata at the South Joggins are nearly three miles thick, and they are known to be also of enormous thickness in the district of the...more than one hundred miles to the eastward. There appecirs therefore little danger of erring on the side of excess, if we take half that amount, or 7500... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...to the truth. The strata at the South Joggins are nearly three miles thick, and they are known to be also of enormous thickness in the district of the...the side of excess, if we take half that amount, or 7,500 feet, as the average thickness of the whole of the coal measures. The area of the coal-field,... | |
 | Charles Lyell - Geology - 1855 - 700 pages
...speculate on the probable volume of solid matter, contained in the Nova Scotia coal-fields, there appears little danger of erring on the side of excess if we take the average thickness of the beds at 7,500 feet, or about half that ascertained to exist in one carefully... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1855 - 424 pages
...to the truth. The strata at the South Joggins are nearly three miles thick, and they are known to be also of enormous thickness in the district of the Albion mines, near 1'ictou, more than one hundred miles to the eastward. There appears, therefore, little danger of erring... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1855 - 694 pages
...speculate on the probable volume of solid matter, contained in the Nova Scotia coal-fields, there appears little danger of erring on the side of excess if we take the average thickness of the beds at 7,500 feet, or about half that ascertained to exist in one carefully... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1855 - 686 pages
...speculate on the probable volume of solid matter, contained in the Nova Scotia coal-fields, there appears little danger of erring on the side of excess if we take the average thickness of the beds at 7500 feet, or about half that ascertained to exist in one carefully-measured... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1857 - 1014 pages
...speculate on the probable volume of solid matter, contained in the Nova Scotia coal-fields, there appears little danger of erring on the side of excess if we take the average thickness of the beds at 7500 feet, or about half that ascertained to exist in one carefully-measured... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1865 - 830 pages
...speculate on the probable volume of solid matter, contained in the Nova Scotia coal-fields, there appears little danger of erring on the side of excess if we take the average thickness of the beds at 7500 feet, or about half that ascertained to exist in one carefully-measured... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1866 - 866 pages
...speculate on the probable volume of solid matter contained in the Nova Scotia coal-fields, there appears little danger of erring on the side of excess if we take the average thickness of the beds at 7500 feet, or about half that ascertained to exist in one carefully-measured... | |
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also of enormous thickness in the district of the Albion Mines near Pictou, more than one hundred miles to the eastward. There appears therefore little danger of erring on the side of excess, if we take half that amount or 7500 feet as the average thickness... 