 For a long time it was accepted without hesitation that these bodies required great heat for their first consolidation. Their resemblance to the earth's volcanic rocks was insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without...  Science - Page 170edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 498 pages
...consolidation. Their resemblance to the earth's volcanic rocks was insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without reserve...terrestrial volcanoes." Director Haidinger, in 1861, said " \Vitli our present knowledge of natural laws these characteristically crystalline formations could... | |
 | 1887 - 382 pages
...insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without reserve that 4' they have all been subject to a more or less prolonged...1861, said "With our present knowledge of natural laws the characteristically crystalline formations could not possible have come into existence except under... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 506 pages
...consolidation. Their resemblance to the earth's volcanic rocks was insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without reserve...of terrestrial volcanoes." Director Haidinger, in 18C1, said " With our present knowledge of natural laws these characteristically crystalline formations... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 506 pages
...consolidation. Their resemblance to the earth's volcanic rocks was insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without reserve...of terrestrial volcanoes." Director Haidinger, in 1801, said " With our present knowledge of natural laws these characteristically crystalline formations... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 504 pages
...volcanic rocks was insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted withont reserve that " they have all been subject to a more...volcanoes." Director Haidinger, in 1861, said " With onr present knowledge of natural laws these characteristically crystalline formations could not possibly... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 498 pages
...insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without reserve that " the}' have all been subject to a more or less prolonged...of terrestrial volcanoes." Director Haidinger, in 18G1, said " With our present knowledge of natural laws these characteristically crystalline formations... | |
 | 1890 - 854 pages
...the formation of meteorites will require to be modified. Thus, in 1855, Prof. Lawrence Smith stated : "They have all been subject to a more or less prolonged igneous action corre1 Proc. RS. January 1864. * Berlin Acad. Trans. 3 Quoted by Newton, NATURE, vol. xxxiv. p. 535.... | |
 | 1855 - 496 pages
...masses have a community of origin. " 2nd. At one period they formed parts of some large body. " 3rd. They have all been subject to a more or less prolonged...action corresponding to that of terrestrial volcanoes. " 4th. That their source must be deficient in oxygen. " 5th. That their average specific gravity is... | |
 | 1861 - 1186 pages
...Krasnoyarsk prove the power of crystallization to have remained active during a long period of time. With our present knowledge of natural laws, these...of high temperature combined with powerful pressure ; though we have to search in vain for a heated cosmical space, as supposed by Poisson. If we suppose... | |
 | 1855 - 1070 pages
...masses have a community of origin. " 2nd. At one period they formed parts of some large body. "3rd. They have all been subject to a more or less prolonged...action corresponding to that of terrestrial volcanoes. " 4th. That their source must be deficient in oxygen. " 5th. That their average specific gravity is... | |
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