 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...moved. Of the manner in which it was moved, Mr. Reid (as cited by Mr. Stevenson) says : " The sea, when I saw it striking the stone, would wholly immerse...line above it, making a perpendicular rise of from thirty-nine to forty feet above high water level On the incoming waves striking the stone, we could... | |
 | Science - 1846 - 472 pages
...the waves ; and Mr Reid also gives the following description of the manner in which they acted upon the stone. '• The sea," he says, " when I saw it...stone, we could see this monstrous mass of upwards of forty tons weight lean landwards, and the back run would uplift it again with a jerk, leaving it with... | |
 | Geology - 1846 - 448 pages
...the waves ; and Mr Keid also gives the following description of the manner in which they acted upon the stone. " The sea," he says, " when I saw it striking...stone, we could see this monstrous mass of upwards of forty tons weight lean landwards, and the back run would uplift it again with a jerk, leaving it with... | |
 | Science - 1846 - 492 pages
...the waves ; and Mr. Reid also gives the following description of the manner in which they acted upon the stone. " The sea," he says, " when I saw it striking...striking the stone, we could see this monstrous mass of upsvards of 40 tons weight lean landwards, and the back run would uplift it again with a jerk, leaving... | |
 | Science - 1847 - 422 pages
...the waves ; and Mr. Reid also gives the following description of the manner in which they acted upon the stone. — "The sea," he says, " when I saw it...stone, we could see this monstrous mass of upwards of forty tons weight lean landwards ; and the back run would uplift it again with a jerk, leaving it with... | |
 | Technology - 1848 - 652 pages
...following description of the manner in which they acted upon the stone : " The sea," he says, " when I taw it striking the stone, would wholly immerse or bury...perpendicular rise of from 39 to 40 feet above the high-water level. On the incomingwaves striking the stone, we could see this monstrous mass of upwards... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 386 pages
...moved. Of the manner in which it was moved, Mr Reid (as cited by Mr Stevenson) says : — " The sea, when I saw it striking the stone, would wholly immerse...line above it, making a perpendicular rise of from thirty-nine to forty feet above the high-water level. On the incoming waves striking the stone, we... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 422 pages
...moved. Of the manner in which it was moved, Mr Reid (as cited by Mr Stevenson) says: — " The sea, when I saw it striking the stone, would wholly immerse...line above it, making a perpendicular rise of from thirty-nine to forty feet above the high-water level. On the incoming waves striking the stone, we... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...moved. Of the manner in which it was moved, Mr. Reid (as cited by Mr. Stevenson) says : " The sea, when I saw it striking the stone, would wholly immerse...line above it, making a perpendicular rise of from thirty-nine to forty feet above high water level. On the incoming waves striking the stone, we could... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1872 - 430 pages
...be moved. Of the manner in which it was moved, Mr. Reid (as cited by Mr. Stevenson) says: "The sea, when I saw it striking the stone, would wholly immerse...line above it, making a perpendicular rise of from thirty-nine to forty feet above high-water level. On the incoming waves striking the" stone, we could... | |
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... high water level. On the incoming waves striking the stone, we could see this monstrous mass of upwards of forty tons weight lean landwards ; and the back run would uplift it again with a jerk, leaving it with very little water about it, when the... 
