| 单词 | calcareous |
| 例句 | The sharp smell of iodine from the algae, and the lime smell of calcareous bodies and the smell of powerful protean, smell of sperm and ova fill the air. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe I smelled the sea rocks and the kelp and the excitement of churning sea water, the sharpness of iodine and the under odor of washed and ground calcareous shells. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew it would be extra work, but it is worth it because the calcareous limestone soils are so incredible,” said Mr. Hardie, who planted his first vines there in 2003. From Ontario, Cool-Climate Wines of Beauty and Vision 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Though I had to swallow some disappointment to see it, Abbé’s fumaroles, built up over millennia by the accretion of calcareous mineral deposits, still presented an astonishing panorama. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Among other things, the researchers determined the isotopic and elemental composition of the calcareous shells of plankton. How salt from the Caribbean affects our climate 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z These animals lack a calcareous shell but possess aragonite spicules on their epidermis. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This phylum of animals bear a calcareous endoskeleton composed of ossicles covered by a spiny skin. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Gold was introduced by hydrothermal fluids which reacted with silty calcareous rocks, removing carbonate, creating additional permeability, and adding silica and gold-bearing pyrite in the pore space between grains. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The permit, which Science has seen, authorized Frey to transport “two boxes containing calcareous samples with fossils, without any commercial value, with the main objective to proceed with paleontological studies” at SMNK. ‘It’s like a second extinction’: Retraction deepens legal and ethical battle over rare dinosaur 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Because hard-shelled, calcareous eggs, like those of birds, are reinforced by crystalline calcium carbonate, they are well represented in the fossil record. Hard evidence from soft fossil eggs 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Some bivalves like oysters and mussels possess the unique ability to secrete and deposit a calcareous nacre or “mother of pearl” around foreign particles that may enter the mantle cavity. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some bivalves like oysters and mussels have the unique ability to secrete and deposit a calcareous nacre or “mother of pearl” around foreign particles that enter the mantle cavity. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z If limestone or other calcareous sedimentary rocks are present adjacent to the magmatic body, then another type of ore deposit called a skarn deposit can form. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the familiar coral reefs, built by tiny colonial animals that farm symbiotic algae inside their calcareous skeletons and form mounds, branches, fingers, plates, and encrustations. Naturalist Richard Pyle explores the mysterious, dimly lit realm of deep coral reefs 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The vineyard rises with harrowing steepness on hills composed of gravels and calcareous ocean deposits — fossils of sea creatures regularly turn up in the dirt. Rupert Murdoch owns a lot of things, including this vineyard in Bel-Air 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z This phylum is also distinct in that some members exhibit a calcareous shell as an external means of protection. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Many mollusks secrete a calcareous shell for protection, but in other species, the shell is reduced or absent. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z It was covered in red and orange corals and calcareous marine algae. How Archaeologists Discovered 23 Shipwrecks in 22 Days 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The early Christian paintings in this damp underground environment were covered with a hard-to-remove calcareous crust. Modern Chemistry Techniques Save Ancient Art 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Sea urchins, snails and other so-called "calcareous species" would then eat them, allowing for variety through time. More Acid Oceans of the Future Mimic Impacts of Extinction 2013-07-09T23:15:06.330Z The squatter has a flexible organic wall, whereas the host shell is calcareous, meaning it contains calcite. Squatters of the microbial world: foram-in-a-foram 2013-06-12T23:45:00.353Z If this is unavailable, crushed limestone or clam shells are spread to furnish young oysters with a calcareous substrate to cling to. 'Eat UK oysters' scientists urge 2012-10-23T10:55:23Z They burrow into their host corals, apparently causing little damage unless their numbers escalate, and secrete a calcareous shell to further reinforce their position. The Overlooked Joy of the Christmas Tree Worm 2012-06-04T11:15:17.153Z We have an example of such a condition in those worms which live in calcareous tubes, and which are some of those called “tubicolous annelids.” The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Agriculture and Industries.—The soil is generally marl and clay, but in various parts contains calcareous earth in mixed proportions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The rock is generally of calcareous schist, crystallized, and exceedingly hard, traversed by thick veins of quartz, which often break the points of the boring-tools after a few blows. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z On the terrace rise calcareous springs, that have deposited vast incrustations of snowy whiteness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The symptoms are lassitude and emaciation; and, in very severe cases, the voiding of calcareous matter, white, streaked with yellow. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z From amidst these cones the springs jet forth lofty columns of water, which descend in splendid cascades, flowing over the ancient masonry, and covering it with a white calcareous stratum. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z If it is more extensive, the whole of the glands may break down into this puriform liquid, which, when the patient recovers, undergoes caseous and finally calcareous degeneration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z This endemic malady is supposed to arise from the use of snow-water, or of water impregnated with calcareous earth. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z For stone fruits a calcareous loam is best; indeed, for these subjects a rich calcareous loam used in a pure and simple state cannot be surpassed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z These rocks are composed of a grey calcareous stone and white marble, and are covered with a multitude of lofty trees of different kinds. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z The water is highly impregnated with calcareous properties, whose accumulated deposits have formed conical heaps, some of which are upwards of thirty feet high. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z In some quite healthy old persons there may be seen at the same junction a clearly-defined circular line of calcareous nature. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z All the inhabitants of districts near the glaciers, drink snow and ice waters without being subject to the disorder; and the common waters of Switzerland, strongly impregnated with calcareous substances, are most salubrious. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The calcareous marl used at Sèvres gave to the French works a superiority over the English, who could only use the clays from our southern counties. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z On the 12th of April, the original forms of the calcareous rocks again appeared, with the red cedar, as usual, growing upon them. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Gypseous marls, or calcareous marls containing a little gypsum, are preferred to limestone soils, as they allow of deep penetration of the roots of the vines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z In part it may be the result of the numerous opportunities offered in a long life for the occurrence of inflammation, the products of which are frequently infiltrated with calcareous salts. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Let us not, therefore, seek in snow-water or calcareous impregnations for the causes of deformity and degradation in any unfortunate castes of mankind. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Spar, sp�r, n. a term applied by miners to any bright crystalline mineral, and adopted by mineralogists in the names of a number of minerals—calcareous spar, fluor spar, Iceland spar, &c.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z We were here on a calcareous soil, and many limekilns were burning in the neighbourhood. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z On the right and left of us were high walls of calcareous rock, over the tops of which hung thousands of brilliant, sweet-scented flowers. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z It may contain mucin, chondrin, or gelatin, and may be infiltrated with calcareous salts. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z White hair contained phosphate of magnesia, affording a proof of the disposition towards the formation of calcareous matter in old age. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Tufa, tū′fa, n. a variety of calcium carbonate usually deposited from springs—calcareous tufa; the word was formerly used as synonymous with tuff.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z We learn from that work, that almost all these calcareous rocks of the Missouri contain organic remains, encrinites, &c. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z As rain seldom falls the streets become very dry, and the steady passing and repassing of mules and heavy ox-carts, laden with sugar and molasses, cause the calcareous sand to rise and envelop everything. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Although these deposits are largely composed of sodium urate, calcium urate may be present with other salts, as sodium chloride and calcareous compounds. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Here is an oval white body consisting of a calcareous shell, within which there are some semi-fluid substances, consisting mainly of albumen and water, without any signs of life. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z Scar′-lime′stone, a mass of calcareous rock crowded with marine fossils. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The calcareous rock is in very strange forms, sometimes like entrenchments and bastions, partly clothed with verdure, partly with dry yellow grass, and spotted with yellowish red clay. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z This, their membrane, afterwards becomes interpermeated by the calcareous matter, till, finally, layers of mother-of-pearl are deposited all around the nucleus, the whole formation corresponding with the chalk-like concretions occurring in other creatures. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The injurious effects are seen more particularly in case of the calcareous infiltration of the middle coat of arteries. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The tunnel was driven through hard calcareous strata from the open cuttings at each end. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Sanfoin is the grass most largely grown, as it is best adapted to land with a calcareous subsoil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z It is well to recall at this point that if the calcareous incrustation of the water-jacket or the branch pipes should hinder the free circulation of water, cleaning is, of course, necessary. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z Stupendous and incomparable are the works which since that period have been executed on it, though the calcareous formation of the locality and its numerous caves may have considerably facilitated their construction. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Although these terms are often used as equivalent, the last is to be regarded as more general than its predecessors, since it includes the deposition of other than the calcareous salts. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The tunnel passes through various strata, the principal ones being calcareous shale, conglomerate, and gravels. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z We also found some large tabular fragments, evidently portions of a vein consisting of prehnite, associated with calcareous spar, and native copper. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The jacket is thus purged of calcareous sediments, which are prevented by the soda from adhering to the metal. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z Some of the best mines of New South Wales are in calcareous veins. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Cartilage is also a tissue which presents a double relation to calcareous deposition. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Construction of Tanks.—The excavation for the tanks was in soft earth for a depth of 11⁄2 m.; the lower depths were in a firm foundation of sillar and calcareous clay. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z We also picked up some fragments of a greenish-grey coloured rock, apparently sandstone, with disseminated variegated copper ore and copper glance; likewise rhomboidal fragments of white calcareous spar, and some rock crystals. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The cementing material may be siliceous or argillaceous, and is sometimes calcareous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Müller considered that the mouth and pharynx of the larva were either absorbed or cast off with the calcareous rods, but were never converted into the corresponding organs of the perfect Echinoderm. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z The frequency with which blood-vessels, especially arteries, are affected is such that it is regarded as almost normal in advancing years that calcareous material should be deposited within the vascular walls. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The excavated material consisted chiefly of sillar and limestone conglomerate, which when broken up forms a calcareous clay of an excellent character for the formation of embankments, when proper care is taken. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Each tubercle, however small, usually holds a particle of calcareous matter in its centre. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Origin of the sandstone and limestone.—The sandstone of the region, known as the Potsdam sandstone, consists of medium sized grains of sand, cemented together by siliceous, ferruginous, or calcareous cement. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The calcareous framework increases in size, and the expanded head forms itself into a cup, round which from five to fifteen delicate tentacles, as shown in Fig. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z Instances of the deposition in the tissues of other than calcareous salts are abundantly met with in gout. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z On its arrival, the Quail betakes itself to open plains and rich grassy meadows, especially where the soil is calcareous, and avoids woody countries. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The sea contains ingredients which feed innumerable animalcula, especially the polypes, or coral-builders, which have the power of secreting calcareous matter. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z It also contains calcareous concretions, though no shells have been found. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z But the most valuable contribution to physical science, with which his name will ever be associated, was his invention of the single image prism of calcareous spar, known to the scientific world as Nicol's prism. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z They are also composed of the same granular rounded cells, though they may, especially in the chronic forms, have undergone caseous, fibrous, or calcareous degeneration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z This was thought to favor the deposition of calcareous material in the walls of the already diseased arteries. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z Exposed to the air, a crust will be formed on its surface, which is found to consist of calcareous earth and fixed air. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Much more doubtful is the influence of gout, which in rare cases, perhaps, produces neuralgia directly, by means of neuritis, or by the deposit of tophus-like calcareous concretions in the nerve-trunks. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z In the Cumberland Plateau and Great Valley Regions are a red or brown loam, rich in decomposed limestone and calcareous shales, and sandy or gravelly loams. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z This is particularly the case with certain calcareous rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The fatty degeneration may then give place to a calcareous infiltration or the fibers may undergo complete absorption. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z The earth of animal bones is calcareous united to the phosphoric acid. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Shell conical; foot secreting a ventral calcareous plate; animal fixed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Beyond the beach was a calcareous desert, with a scrub of palmetto and evergreen, and patches of flowering coreopsis and blue squills. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z But where a limestone is full of impurities, a weathered crust of more or less insoluble particles remains after the solution of the calcareous part of the stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The arteries may be so lined with deposits of calcareous matter that they appear as pipe stems. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z This kind of air is obtained in the purest state by dissolving marble, lime-stone, and other kinds of mild calcareous earth in any acid. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Shell largely chitinous, not spiral, its calcareous apex projecting through a small hole in the mantle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The attempt was once made to feed animals on articles without calcareous parts, when, strange to behold, they all grew fat, but very weak in their bones, and finally broke down. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z The white sinter laid down by calcareous springs is a familiar example on a small scale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The plateau, which was about a mile in diameter, was quite covered with these springs, which produced a great calcareous deposit. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The nitrous acid unites with phlogiston, alkalis, metallic substances, and calcareous earth. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z Cephalic shield short, truncated posteriorly; eyes deeply embedded; three calcareous stomachal plates; shell external, with reduced spire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z History of the Inductive Sciences," observes that, "by the accidental placing of a rhomb of calcareous spar, upon a book or line, Bartholinus discovered the property of the double refraction of light. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Corals and other quick-growing calcareous marine organisms are the most powerful in this respect by creating new land in the ocean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Its geological position is in every respect similar to the metalliferous deposits at Potosi, except that there were no spars, calcareous or barytic, in sight. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The Cinques consist of intrusive rocks of serpentine, associated with metamorphosed, indurated, and sedimentary series, mostly calcareous. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z It is only found in certain sponges with calcareous spicules. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Behind the Custom-house, on some steep calcareous rocks, sixty or seventy feet high, stands the quarantine establishment, looking proudly down on all Odessa. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The strata of the fourth series were characterized by carbonaceous shales or slates, containing remains of primordial vegetation, and perhaps equivalents of the first three calcareous series. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z At the shoals, traces of galena and calcareous spar occur. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The bed rock is a calcareous sandstone, easily disintegrated, and overlaid by a deep soil capable of sustaining a rich and varied vegetation. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Air, flint, glass, rock-crystal, calcareous spar were examined, but without effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z It is a calcareous rock, about thirty yards high and not more than 600 in its greatest diameter, and has long been uninhabited. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Again, calcareous fossils imbedded in hard rocks are often removed by weathering, leaving very perfect impressions of their forms. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z It is the calcareous rock of the region. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Alum like the former in appearance, but not salt, perhaps a calcareous stone; found not far from the same place. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z This descent of the hard parts of organisms, both calcareous and siliceous, from the waters of the sea has led to the accumulation of a sheet of slimy sediment over almost the entire sea-bottom. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Throughout its whole extent the coast presents only a narrow strip, seldom half a league wide, traversed by deep ravines, and backed by a range of calcareous cliffs that shelter it from the north wind. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The shaded portions show the animal matter of the Chambers, Tubuli, Canals, and Pseudopodia; the unshaded portions the calcareous skeleton. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z The sulphate of barytes, calcareous spar, and white crystalline masses of quartz, characterize the uplands. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z From the peripheral protoplasm project, not only fine pseudopodia, but hollow spines of calcareous matter, which are set on the shell, and have an axis of active protoplasm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z That is, the calcareous oozes are formed by the concentration of calcium carbonate through the vital action of animals and to a less extent of plants. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The sea was like a magnificent basin reflecting in its transparent waters the great calcareous masses that overhung it. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The original organism was composed of calcareous matter in thin concentric laminæ, connected with each other by pillars and plates of similar material. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z The two extremes of this specimen have the appearance of totally different formations, yet are both calcareous. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Many of the species reproduce the varieties of form found in calcareous tests; some are finely perforated, others not. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Under certain conditions calcium carbonate is concentrated at or near the earth's surface by chemical agencies, as about springs where calcareous tufa, travertine, etc., are precipitated, and in caverns where stalactites and stalagmites are formed. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Devo�nian System, in geology, a name originally given to rocks in Devonshire and Cornwall, intermediate between the Silurian and Carboniferous strata, and consisting of sandstones, calcareous slates and limestones, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The true structure of Archæocyathus consists of radiating calcareous plates enclosing chambers connected by pores. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z This lustre is, however, as shown by examination with the magnet, owing almost exclusively to minute facets of calcareous crystals, which render it rather sparry than crystalline. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The deep-sea species below a certain depth cannot possess a calcareous shell, for this would be dissolved; and it is in these that we find limesalts sometimes replaced by silica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Where the flints lie the chalk must have been dissolved away; we have in fact a kind of metasomatic replacement in which a siliceous rock has slowly replaced a calcareous one. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z It is in every respect a singular place: it stands on a rising ground, and directly above it towers a steep conical mountain of calcareous earth, crowned by a ruined castle. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Between these laminæ was lodged the soft, jelly-like substance of a marine animal, growing by the addition of successive layers, each protected by a thin calcareous crust. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z But the mode of mining in the diluvial soil must exhaust it of its mineral contents, and direct miners, in after years, to the true position of the ore, in the calcareous rock. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Above this horizon Foraminifera are more abundant as constituents, partial or principal of calcareous rocks, the genus Endothyra being indeed almost confined to Carboniferous beds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The soil consists, for the most part, either of clay intermixed with sand or of calcareous earth, and is on the whole fruitful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z As early as the year 1700, a human skull was dug out of the calcareous tuff of Constatt, in company with the bones of the mammoth. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z They produce beautiful calcareous skeletons, often very complex, or sometimes are content to cover themselves with a crust of agglutinated grains of sand. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z The calcareous spar is most abundant in connection with rock diggings. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The marine shells are, as we have seen, of cemented particles, or calcareous, glassy, and regularly perforated, or again calcareous, but porcellanous and rarely perforate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z A second formation of variable thickness is sandy, very ferruginous, abounding in iron ores and lignites, and passing above into a calcareous rock. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Count Pourtalis found some fossil human remains, consisting of jaws, teeth, and some bones of the foot, in a calcareous conglomerate forming a part of the series of reefs of Florida. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Probably the conditions for enabling animals of this type rapidly, and on a large scale, to collect calcareous matter, were more favourable in the Laurentian than they have ever been since. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z There are also found considerable quantities of calcareous spar, particularly in the caves and veins in rock. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The preservation of jelly-fish, which so soon disappear when left dry on the beach, shows that the ancient calcareous mud had unusual power of preserving fossils. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Besides these older rocks, M. Botta remarks upon the presence, all along the coast from Beyrout to Tripoli, of conglomerates or sandstones, quite unconformable to the calcareous rocks of the coast. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Stalagmite, a deposit of earthy matter, made by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Describe some of the appearances of a country composed of calcareous rocks. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z Pyrites are common at the mines, sometimes crystallized in regular cubes of a beautiful brass-yellow color, and, at others, found in tabular masses, or mixed with blende, sulphate of barytes, or calcareous spar. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z And all along the valley, calcareous masses, richly impregnated with iron, were found, detached, from time to time, as was supposed, from certain places in the hill-sides. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The uppermost is a limestone, very variable in character, both of appearance and hardness, and alternating with calcareous marls. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z You are right, Fritz; coral consists of the calcareous cells of minute animals, so built up as to form a tree-like structure. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Sometimes also we may find a shale, as we trace it in some particular direction, gradually becoming charged with calcareous matter, so as by and by to pass, as it were, into limestone. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z It is all, however, a calcareous carbonate, will burn into quicklime, and, as I find on experiment, is completely soluble in nitric acid. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Some of the calcareous beds are highly fossiliferous; those at Frosterley near Stanhope are full of the remains of corals and the stone is polished as a marble. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Some of the mountains are almost entirely composed of naked calcareous rock, but most of them were formerly covered to their summits with forests of oaks, chestnuts or pine trees, now destroyed to provide fuel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z This consists of two small oval ear-stones, and a quantity of fine powder of a calcareous nature, which is called "ear-sand." A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers This is frequently the case in calcareous strata. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z These grains are, however, wholly calcareous, and readily soluble in nitric and muriatic acids. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The building material consists of the oolite and calcareous stone of Lincoln Heath and Haydor, the surface of which, when worked upon with tools, appears to become quite hardened. Cathedral Cities of England Soft, simple animals, covered with a shell which is usually calcareous. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History It is composed of a calcareous or limy substance, known chemically as carbonate of lime. Butterflies and Moths (British) In calcareous countries, rivers, after flowing for, it may be, miles at the surface, suddenly disappear into the ground, and flow often for long distances before they reappear in the light of day. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z A large and curious cavern has been discovered in the calcareous rocks at Corydon, near the seat of government of Indiana, which is found to yield very beautiful white crystals of this mineral. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Again, below the cave-earth was a breccia formed of limestone and sandstone pebbles cemented together by a calcareous paste. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Compound animals, affixed to, and fabricating a fixed calcareous base, called coral. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Anthro�polite, a petrifaction of the human body or skeleton, or of parts of the body, by the encrusting action of calcareous waters, and hence hardly to be considered fossil or sub-fossil. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The surface of the ground, in calcareous countries, frequently shews circular depressions, caused by the falling in of the roofs of caverns. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z Efflorescences of the sulphate of alumina exist in a calcareous cavern in the elevated ranges of Bellevieu, in the county of Washington, Mo. No practical use is made of it. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The addition of marl to soils that are not naturally calcareous very much improves them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" They are indelibly painted in red and black on the face of the rock, which is composed of calcareous sandstone. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The ammonites differ from the nautili in having the tube connecting the chambers placed on the outer margin of the coiled shell, while the calcareous neck where it passes through the partitions is directed forwards. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Such landslips, as they are called, are not, however, confined to calcareous regions. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z This substance appears to have been imbedded extensively in the calcareous strata of the Mississippi valley; for it is scattered, as an ingredient, in its diluvions. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The tree will thrive in any good well-drained soil, the best being a good mellow calcareous loam, while the less iron there is in the subsoil the better. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Much of the surface of the island is still only bare, calcareous stone, exposed to the fierce winds, rains, and scorching sunshine. The Story of Malta The hard calcareous substance to which the name coral is applied is the supporting skeleton of certain members of the Anthozoa, one of the classes of the phylum Coelentera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Coral is the calcareous skeleton of certain small soft-bodied gelatinous animals called actinozoa. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z It is found in detached pieces and beds in red clay, and in veins in limestone rock, accompanied by sulphate of barytes, calcareous spar, blende, quartz, and pyrites. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The shell is built up of very thin layers of nacre, or mother of pearl, and calcareous or chalky matter, the thinner being the layers of nacre the more lustrous and iridescent is the shell. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them Above the Chert beds is a band a few feet thick known as the Chloritic Marl, which shows a passage from sand to calcareous matter. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight It owes its commercial value to the beauty of its hard red calcareous axis which in life is covered by a cortex in which the proximal moieties of the zooids are imbedded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" A sandstone in which the grains are cemented by carbonate of lime is said to be calcareous. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The calcareous and elevated formation of rocks, covered with geological drift, continued constantly along the Missouri shore; for it was this shore, and not the Illinois side, that we generally hugged. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Vogelsang has found small calcareous bodies in the amorphous and globular precipitate formed by chloride of calcium and carbonate of ammonium. The Mechanism of Life On the top of Gore Cliff is a deposit of hard calcareous mud, reaching a thickness of about 9 feet, and forming a small vertical cliff above the slopes of chalk marl. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The skeleton of the Alcyonacea consists of separate calcareous spicules, which are often, especially in the Nephthyidae, so abundant and so closely interlocked as to form a tolerably firm and hard armour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Especially will this be the case in countries where calcareous rocks abound. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The calcareous deposit seems to have commenced at the surface of the water, which, continually flowing over the rims of each vase, increases the deposit. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Ferrous sulphate sown in a silicate solution gives rise to growths which are green in colour, climbing, or herbaceous, twining in spirals round the larger and more solid calcareous growths. The Mechanism of Life In the lower part are two layers of hard calcareous boulder-shaped concretions, some a few feet long. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight As the buds develop the canal system becomes much extended, and calcareous tissue is deposited between the network of canals, the confluent edge-zones of mother zooid and bud forming a coenosarc. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" This is the origin of the mineral called travertine or calcareous tufa, which is so commonly met with on the margins of springs, rivers, and waterfalls. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z It is the same calcareous formation which characterizes the whole Ozark range. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Osmotic growth gives us fibrous silicates, phosphatic nodules, corals, and madrepores; it also gives us formations which remind one of the "atolls," calcareous growths rising like a crown out of the water. The Mechanism of Life In the higher part of the clay are large septaria,—rounded blocks of a calcareous clay-ironstone, with cracks running through them filled with spar. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight This skeleton is largely composed of a number of radiating plates or septa, and it differs both in origin and structure from the calcareous skeleton of all Alcyonaria except Heliopora. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" What chemical effect has the atmosphere on calcareous rocks? Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The relative position of the calcareous, lead-bearing stratum, had everywhere been the same, when not disturbed or displaced. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The calcareous capsules grown in a saturated solution of potassium carbonate or phosphate often take a regular ovoid form. The Mechanism of Life Photograph of fossil casts of a close tangle of ice crystals seen in a stony calcareous layer in the Eagle Ford shale in Walnut Creek, about eight miles north of Austin, Texas. Fossil Ice Crystals An Instance of the Practical Value of "Pure Science" In addition to these parts the following structures may exist in corals:— Dissepiments are oblique calcareous partitions, stretching from septum to septum, and closing the interseptal chambers below. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" In its structure this body consists of tubular gland tissue containing gritty calcareous particles, constituting the brain sand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The ore is found in detached pieces and solid masses, in beds, in red clay, accompanied by sulphate of barytes, calcareous spar, blende, iron pyrites, and quartz. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Analogous phenomena are met with in living organisms, the calcareous infiltration of the vessels representing the thickening and hardening of the osmotic membranes. The Mechanism of Life Geology and Minerals.—Geologically, the highlands of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to be regarded, in both their orographic and tectonic character, as a continuation of the South Alpine calcareous belt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" It is important that only soft water should be used for boiling-off since calcareous impurities are liable to mar the lustre of the silk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" It is seldom more than 10 ft. thick, and it contains as a rule a few irregular layers of limestone and calcareous sandstone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" On viewing the district on a large scale, this external clay stratum appears to have originally derived its mineral contents from veins in the calcareous, lead-yielding rock. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The geologist may well consider what r�le osmotic growth may have played in the formation of the various rocks, siliceous, calcareous, barytic, magnesian, the fibrous and nodular rocks and atolls. The Mechanism of Life The outer surfaces of the mantle secrete the shell, which is of the nature of a cuticle impregnated by calcareous salts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The subformations of the country being chiefly composed of sandstone and porous calcareous and siliceous rocks, renders the thin soils on these higher tracts extremely dry and arid. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France The basis, in most of the beds, is calc-spar; but in some small layers it is calcareous sand. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The mine is characterized by yielding no heavy spar; sometimes a little calcareous spar is found, and then adhering to the ores; a circumstance which I have nowhere else observed. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The usual mode of propagation is by eggs, which are oval, numerous, provided with a calcareous shell, and buried in humus, whence they are hatched about four months later. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" These canals are closed externally and are absent in Rhynchonella, where the amount of calcareous deposit is small. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Mineral springs of a ferruginous and calcareous nature, abound in the town and neighbourhood. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France The only rocks noticed when we crossed these hills on the late journey, were clay-slate, greenstone, and dark red sandstone, sometimes containing white calcareous concretions, resembling an amygdaloidal rock. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea This locality is remarkable as yielding galena, heavy spar, blende, calcareous spar, fluor spar, pyrites, coal, and salt. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z In Devonshire the Lower Chalk has become thin sandy calcareous series. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The next modification in the enclosed shell is the addition to it of secondary deposits of calcareous matter, by the inner surface of the shell-sac. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" These enormous calcareous masses, which we observed on our way to Bagoung, could not fail to fix our attention. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The shale is covered by a bed of stone, chiefly composed of oval distinct concretions of a poor calcareous clay-iron stone. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The ore is the common galena, with a broad glittering grain, and bluish-gray color, and is found accompanied by sulphate of barytes, blende, pyrites, quartz, and calcareous spar. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z In general the Upper ajurassic beds are much more calcareous on the north flank of the chain than they are on the south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Its walls in the living Nautilus are strengthened by the deposit of calcareous granules, and in some fossil forms the wall is completely calcified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" For more than a fortnight we saw nothing but calcareous mountains, producing a marble as white as snow, of a fine and very close grain. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 With the exception of Bermuda, there is not a single coral reef in the central expanse of the Atlantic, although in some parts the waves, as at Ascension, are charged to excess with calcareous matter. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Oldhamia, a delicate branching body, abundant in the Cambrian of the south-east of Ireland, is probably a calcareous alga, but its precise nature has not been satisfactorily determined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Sometimes the drops form a little calcareous basin, beautifully polished inside, which contains small pearl-like particles of carbonate of lime, polished by friction one against the other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Shell discord and flattened, with a carinated border, aperture provided with lateral projections, 694 a calcareous aptychus, formed of two pieces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Not far from the feudal castle of the illustrious Proul-Tamba, we came to a calcareous hill, with great apertures on its summit, and on its rugged sides numerous Buddhic sentences cut in gigantic characters. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Any stone which is composed of an agglutination of grains of sand, whether calcareous, siliceous, or of any other mineral nature. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This climber, though a native plant and very common in calcareous soils, is worthy of any garden. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Sometimes they laboured amid heavy calcareous sand, through thick forests of mopani, where the axe had to be constantly at work to make a passage. Tales of South Africa But this proper calcified wall is quite distinct from calcareous tubes surrounding the siphuncle, which are developed from the septa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Cement stone beds occur in the upper calcareous grit at North Grimstone; and in the middle and lower calcareous grits good building stones are found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" But if no calcareous matter be supplied by waters flowing from the surrounding high grounds, or by springs, no tufa or shell-marl are formed. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology A loamy medium can, by adding leaf-mould and, if necessary, sand, be made to suit all the Heaths, and some, such as E. cinerea and E. mediterranea, are quite at home on a calcareous soil. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The Red Clay of Bermuda.—Besides the calcareous rocks there is found in many parts of the islands a layer of red earth or clay, containing about thirty per cent. of oxide of iron. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras In many fossil forms these septal necks are continued from the septum from which they arise to the next, so that the siphuncle is enclosed in a complete secondary calcareous tube. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Within these limits there are numerous reefs and islands formed of coral intermixed with the calcareous skeletons of other animals, and their formation has long been a matter of dispute among naturalists and geologists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" They occur in a calcareous stony mass, bound together by a cement of stalagmite. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology They are mostly siliceous, but sometimes calcareous, and may differ very little in general appearance from the bulk of the sandstone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Upon their bottom there gathered a vast mass of calcareous mud, composed in great part of foraminifera, corals, echinoderms, and molluscs. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Body wide and flat; fins narrow, extending the whole length of the body; shell calcareous and laminated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The organic remains found in the core brought up by the drill consist of corals, foraminifera, calcareous algae and other organisms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" In some species, as in Chara hispida, the plant when living contains so much carbonate of lime in its vegetable organization, independently of calcareous incrustation, that it effervesces strongly with acids when dry. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology In clays also siliceous and calcareous concretions are often found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Except on certain rich calcareous clay soils, it has now, however, become an exceedingly precarious crop. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" They are made by heating to a high temperature an intimate mixture of a calcareous substance and an argillaceous substance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The eggs, from four to six in number, are small, and have a thick, soft, calcareous shell, bluish-white when first laid, but soon becoming discoloured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" But is it reasonable to expect, after the waste caused by denudation, that calcareous masses, gradually upheaved in an open sea, should retain such vast thicknesses? Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology These concretions may be calcareous or may consist of carbonate of iron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The soil generally is a rather stiff sandy loam with calcareous matter in some parts, but the soil has not all to do with the peculiar excellence of the vegetable. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history In this case the action of the water is checked by the film of carbonate of lime which eventually forms oh the surface of calcareous cement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The valley cirque is characteristic of calcareous districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Rounded water-worn fragments of rock or pebbles, cemented together by another mineral substance, which may be of a siliceous, calcareous, or argillaceous nature. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology It will be seen from the details given above that concretions may be calcareous, siliceous, argillaceous and phosphatic, and they may consist of carbonate or sulphide of iron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" In some species of Pollicipes, the calcareous styles are not symmetrical or symmetrically arranged; and besides those first formed round the top of the peduncle, there are other and larger ones formed near its base. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. This destructive action is increased if the water contains sulphates or magnesium salts, both of which act chemically on the calcareous constituents of the cement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Near volcanoes they contain many volcanic minerals, and around coral islands they are often in large part calcareous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" In places where Algæ do not generate peat, they may nevertheless leave traces of their form imprinted on argillaceous and calcareous mud, as they are usually very tough in their texture. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This is beautifully shown by many siliceous and calcareous nodules out of recent clays. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" In the earliest stage of growth there are no calcareous scales on the peduncle in S. vulgare; they first appear under the carina. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. A gradual rising ground made up of soft sulphureous and calcareous earth was crowned by a more abrupt rise some thirty-five feet high, composed of tough gray clay. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. It is fine, tenacious and bright red, and represents the insoluble and thoroughly weathered impurities which are left behind when the calcareous matter is removed in solution by carbonated waters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" What now constitutes the central calcareous chain of the Apennines must for a long time have been a narrow ridgy peninsula, branching off, at its northern extremity, from the Alps near Savona. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The dorsal integument or mantle bears, not a simple shell, but eight calcareous plates in longitudinal series articulating with each other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Peduncle, short, about half the length of the capitulum; narrow; thickly clothed with minute, longitudinally elongated, spindle-shaped, calcareous scales or beads, which project but little. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The trees may be either planted out in tolerably rich soil, or grown in large pots of good turfy friable calcareous loam mixed with rotten dung. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" “Loess” is a fine calcareous clay, which has been wind-borne, and subsequently laid down on the margins of dry steppes and deserts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Among other supposed proofs of this distinctness, the dearth of calcareous matter, in the ancient rocks above adverted to, might have been considered. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Later the ciliated ring or velum disappears and seven imbricated calcareous plates, made up of flattened spicules, are formed on the dorsal surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The peduncle apparently is rather longer, compared with P. cornucopia, and the calcareous scales on it perhaps a little larger in proportion. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. B. utricularis ++ More calcareous, spores strongly marked on one side 12. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species On the bank of the Tiretaine there is a remarkable calcareous spring, the fountain of St Allyre, the copious deposits of which have formed a curious natural bridge over the stream. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" In Italy this term has been applied to a siliceous sandstone sometimes containing calcareous grains, mica, &c. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The whole surface is uniformly covered with short compressed calcareous spicula embedded in the cuticle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Peduncle, broad, about as long as the capitulum; surface of attachment wide; calcareous scales minute, placed in transverse rows, which become less and less regular in the lower part. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The thicker more strongly calcareous peridia constitute, as would appear, the principal difference in the forms from Colorado. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Some of these calcareous columns appear to be artificial piles covered with the limestone sheeting. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 A porous rock deposited by calcareous waters on their exposure to the air, and usually containing portions of plants and other organic substances incrusted with carbonate of lime. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The truth is, had the latter supplied calcareous substances to his deficient soil, as he might easily have done, in bones, plaster, lime, &c., the fruit would have done equally well in both cases. Soil Culture Peduncle covered with small calcareous scales, those of the upper whorls crenated; attached either to a basal calcareous cup, or to a row of discs. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. P. compressum ++ Sporangia typically globose, umbilicate below, connate, etc., strongly calcareous 39. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The best are made of very pure clay or of porcelain earth; whereas such as are made of clay mixed with calcareous or silicious earth are very fusible. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries After this the calcareous sand lies undisturbed, and offers to the seeds of trees and plants cast upon it by the waves a soil upon which they rapidly grow, to overshadow its dazzling white surface. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology If the vineyard is not located on calcareous soil, lime must be liberally supplied, especially for wine-making. Soil Culture Lodged in cavities, bored in calcareous rocks, or shells, or corals; generally within the Tropics. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. But the appearance as a whole is as of some brown diderma; only the calcareous capillitium abides to prevent mistaken reference. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Lime lime Chalk, calcareous spar, Aërated calcareous earth. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries It is a curious question," he adds, "how the crystals were formed in the helmet, and on the adhering calcareous deposit. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology For wheat it is very important, except on soil containing a large proportion of calcareous matter. Soil Culture Peduncle.—The most remarkable fact concerning this part, is that the outer tunic, together with the calcareous scales with which it is covered, is moulted at each successive period of exuviation and growth. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The fructification is a delicate netted plasmodiocarp, the tubule about .5 mm., bright red; the peridium simple, cartilaginous, dehiscent from above, and flecked with just here and there a red calcareous scale. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species This acid unites with the calcareous earth of the bones into a sulphat of lime, and the phosphoric acid remains free in the liquor. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries In these recent formations, as seen in Forfarshire, two or three beds of calcareous marl are sometimes observed separated from each other by layers of drift peat, sand, or fissile clay. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Sain-Foin.—Adapted to calcareous or chalky soils; considered one of the best plants ever introduced into England; but in New England it proves almost a failure—it requires more cool moisture and less frost. Soil Culture These individuals, which were of full size, must have preyed on infusoria inhabiting the cavities of the porous, calcareous rock. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The peculiar brown metallic lustre of the peridial wall, and the strongly developed calcareous patches with which the peridium is covered are constant features. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species They are indeed inlaid, but I believe it is by nature; and that the stone is a calcareous breccia of great mineralogical interest. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Canoes, merchant vessels, and ships of war, may have sunk and have been enveloped, in such situations, in calcareous sand and breccia, detached by the breakers from the summit of a submarine mountain. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The character of the matrix of the deposits varies from a homogeneous clay to clay interrupted by layers of soft, limey, conglomeratic rock, to a hard, well-cemented, calcareous conglomerate. Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma The several species occur imbedded in soft calcareous rocks, in massive corals, and in the shells of mollusca and of cirripedes. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Distinguished among the small delicate species with which it will be naturally associated, by the yellow, richly calcareous wall of the globose sporangium and the almost limeless capillitium. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The calcareous matter has either formed itself in crusts, covering the surface of rocks, or has assumed the form of the mosses, lichens, and other such plants, that it has covered. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Some parts of this drift are subsequently dissolved by atmospheric moisture, and redeposited, so as to convert calcareous sand into oolite. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology When the calcareous matter of the milk has been precipitated in the form of a smooth, rounded stone, a rough, conglomerated concretion, or a fine, sandlike d�bris, it may cause obstruction and irritation. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The species of Lithotrya have the power of excavating burrows in calcareous rocks, shells, and corals; and the singular manner in which this is effected, is described under that genus. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. This species is well differentiated, easy of recognition by reason of its peculiar discoid sporangium, calcareous above, naked and black beneath. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species In Pennsylvania the Hamilton series is from 1500 ft. to 5000 ft. thick, but in the more calcareous western extension it is much thinner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" When this calcareous lava had ceased to move, it gradually became dry and hard, during which process the mass was lowered seven feet and a 488 half. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Such abnormalities are ascribable to severe exertion, to old age, to fatty or calcareous degeneration, or to parasites in the blood vessels. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle In some specimens, the scuta are very imperfectly calcified, and consist of several quite separate beads of calcareous matter of irregular shape, held together by tough brown membrane. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Diderma, into three sections:— Monoderma to include those species in which the calcareous crust is less distinct or connate with the true peridium. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The Devonian rocks of Poland are sandy in the lower, and more calcareous in the upper parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" They were imbedded in alluvial mud, of the solidity of calcareous tufa, and containing some flint pebbles and fragments of the limestone of the country. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This gland contained numerous calcareous foci; one at the apex was an inch in diameter. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle It would appear as if the great variability of the valves was connected with the absence of calcareous matter. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. In no American gathering that I have examined does the capillitium show calcareous thickenings as described by the British text. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The central calcareous zone abounds in corals and crinoids as well as in numerous brachiopods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The country there is composed of a white marble, in which are numerous cavities, partially filled with a calcareous deposit of a brick-red color. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Their calcareous shells are generally pierced by a multitude of minute pores, through which the little creatures protrude their pseudopodia. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Lov�n, however, states that there are imbedded in the outer membrane, scattered, minute, dendritic, calcareous particles. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The spores are much smaller; Rostafinski says 10–12 or more, and calls for a distinctly netted capillitium, the surface strongly marked by abundant calcareous crystals. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species In the centre of Europe, therefore, the Devonian rocks consist of a vast thickness of dark-grey sandy and shaly rocks, with occasional seams of limestone, and in particular with one thick central calcareous zone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Lastly, a calcareous mountain, called Zefirio, at the southern extremity of the Italian peninsula, was cleft in two for the length of nearly half a mile, and an irregular breadth of many feet. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The eggs are greenish white with the usual calcareous deposit. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. They are formed of the same substance as the valves, and do not contain any calcareous matter. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Every sporangium is borne upon a calcareous pedicel, very short indeed, but real. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Finally, in the slates, grauwackes, and some calcareous beds, in the greater number, indeed, of mountain rocks, we find � 3. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) Two miles from Laureana, the swampy soil in two ravines became filled with calcareous matter, which oozed out from the ground immediately before the first great shock. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology In such types as the Foraminifera, which, almost structureless internally though they are, secrete calcareous shells, it is clear that the nature of this outer layer is determined by inherited constitution. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I On the other hand, the four rudimentary calcareous valves, the narrow orifice, the hirsute outer integument, the two muscular layers, the single eye, and male internal organs, are all characteristic of the fully-developed condition. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The outer layer sterile, often calcareous, forming a fragile crust, more or less defined. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Gasteropods are not always protected by their calcareous shells any more than tortoises are by their carapaces; for certain birds know very well how to break them. The Industries of Animals That the ocean of that period was of considerable extent in our latitudes, we may infer from the continuity of these calcareous strata over large areas in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology At the bottom of the Ægean Sea, there is accumulating a bed of Pteropod shells, which will eventually, no doubt, become a calcareous rock. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I The orifice is not fimbriated; the four bristly points over the calcareous beads are absent. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Plasmodium yellow; cortex yellow, or orange-brown, strongly calcareous friable; form indefinite F. ovata 2. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species But some persons prefer pearl ashes, pounded marble, or other calcareous or alkaline substances; and perhaps with reason. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Organic remains have sometimes suffered a singular transformation, as for 176 example, where shells, corals, and wood are silicified, their calcareous or ligneous matter having been replaced by nearly pure silica. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology I then found a rough sort of urn of calcareous stone; it contained a little dust, and upon it the cover of a coarse earthen pot, painted with yellow ochre. The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries The calcareous beads, or rudimentary valves, are thin and regularly oval. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Rostafinski, while accepting Berkeley's generic name, redefined it, emphasized the calcareous capillitium, and made reference to the spore-adherence only to assert that Berkeley's description was, in this particular, based on mistaken observation. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Perhaps this inflammable principle may come from some remains of the animals, from which it is thought that all calcareous matter proceeds. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Calcareous springs.—Our first attention is naturally directed to springs which are highly charged with calcareous matter, for these produce a variety of phenomena of much interest in geology. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This and its moderate degree of vigor have recommended it to the French growers as a stock for their calcareous soils. Manual of American Grape-Growing All the valves are covered by membrane, as are the calcareous scales on the peduncle; and this membrane everywhere is densely clothed with spines. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. This species resembles B. capsulifera, but is distinguished by a more strongly rugulose less calcareous peridium and a more profuse development of filamentous stipes, but especially by the character of the spores. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The fixed air with which our atmosphere abounds may also be supplied by volcanos, from the vast masses of calcareous matter lodged in the earth, together with inflammable air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Such mineral waters must, in the course of time, create great changes in many rocks; especially in lavas, the pores of which they may fill with calcareous spar, so as to convert them into amygdaloids. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Towards the cool of the evening, however, my Cachita divests herself of her calcareous mask, and appears in all her native bloom. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Peduncle, narrower, but generally longer than the capitulum; upper part encased with small calcareous scales, with their apices curved inwards, and overlapping each other. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Generally distinguishable by its unusually large calcareous, white sporangia. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Wall of the sporangium with the outer calcareous layer usually compacted into a smooth continuous crust.4. The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio The Anio throws itself into a ravine excavated in the ancient travertin, and its waters give rise to masses of calcareous stone, scarcely if at all distinguishable from the older rock. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The change, according to Dr. Brinkley, is brought about in the walls of the arteries themselves, and is not a process of dissolving the accumulations or deposits of calcareous material within the arteries. The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women The calcareous scales are irregularly shaped, minute, elongated and pointed, placed in separate transverse rows, and crowded together in each row. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The Colorado gatherings are more strongly calcareous and the spores sometimes present the variations named. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Sporangia growing closely crowded together upon a thick highly-developed calcareous common hypothallus, either seated upon it or partially imbedded in its substance; the wall rupturing irregularly. The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio The plants incrusted with the latter substance have much the same appearance as those incrusted with calcareous tufa in our own country. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Separate this solution from the calcareous precipitate, and distil off three-fourths of the alcohol. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 It has been doubted by several naturalists, whether the basal calcareous cup at all belongs to the Lithotrya, but after the foregoing microscopical observations on its structure, it is useless to discuss this point. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Sommerfeldt's description quoted by Fries, l. c., evidently concerned a less calcareous phase. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Many caverns are lined with beautiful crystals, called calcareous spar, or substances containing much lime, and generally colored by the impurities of the water that has dropped on them. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The calcareous matter, for example, of shells, is often entirely removed and replaced by carbonate of iron, pyrites, silex, or some other ingredient, such as mineral waters usually contain in solution. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology On one side the calcareous encrustations had taken the form of a huge organ, cut as if out of marble, with pipes and key-board complete. The Tale of Timber Town Basal calcareous cup slightly concave, of moderate size; its diameter, in the one specimen examined, was 9/10ths of an inch; it was composed of several layers. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Peridium double; the outer thick, calcareous, fragile, snow-white; the inner delicate, the dehiscence by more or less regular longitudinal fissure. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species After this, no more calcareous matter will be needed in fifteen or twenty years. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses Donati, after dredging the bottom, discovered the new deposits to consist partly of mud and partly of rock, the rock being formed of calcareous matter, incrusting shells. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology In this respect granitic and calcareous regions offer perhaps the best marked contrast. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The basal calcareous cup, judging from two specimens, is thin, and not much developed. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The calcareous deposit on the peridium is usually very rich and under a lens appears made up of countless snowy or creamy flakes. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Fertilizers.—We have already intimated that a calcareous soil is indispensable to successful Peanut culture. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses Another encrusting spring in the same department, situated at Chaluzet, near Pont Gibaud, rises in a gneiss country, at the foot of a regular volcanic cone, at least twenty miles from any calcareous rock. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Here and there, too, we find fragments of a calcareous stone, so largely charged with compressed shells, chiefly bivalves, that it may be regarded as a shell breccia. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland A piece of rock bored in two directions by Lithotrya dorsalis, with the calcareous basal discs in the upper cavity, serving as a bridge for crossing an old cavity. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. It has similar spores, the only difference is a less calcareous peridium and more scattered habit of fructification with more nearly regular, depressed-globose sporangia. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Dry weather, and the lack of calcareous manures in the soil, will cause many pops. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses It renders the oxide of iron soluble in water, and contributes, as was before stated, to the solution of calcareous matter. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology As shown by some other specimens, however, there was a yet farther process: a pure quartzose deposition took place, that coated not a few of the calcareous rhombs with sprigs of rock-crystal. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Lithotrya dorsalis, basal calcareous cup, one and a half the natural size; this is the largest specimen which I have seen. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. The peridium is flecked with calcareous scales or grains stained yellow or green, and to these the whole fruit owes its peculiar color. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Its striking preference for a calcareous soil is another of its peculiarities, the Peanut producing more and better crops on this kind of soil than on any other. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses From these statements, the geologist will 255 not fail to remark how closely these recent lacustrine formations in America resemble the tertiary argillaceous and calcareous marls of lacustrine origin in Central France. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology And such, I doubt not, is the history of many a calcareous rock in the later secondary formations. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland They are also occasionally seen covered with a calcareous crust. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The capillitium is an elegant delicate net, with numerous small, uniformly regular, calcareous nodes, orange; by transmitted light, yellow. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species In all cases the soil most suitable for the Peanut must contain a certain amount of calcareous constituents. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses These consist of a calcareous precipitate from springs, some of which are still flowing, while others have disappeared 240 or changed their position. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Why should this chamber contain only a quartzose compound of oxygen and silica, and that second chamber beside it contain only a calcareous compound of lime and carbonic acid? The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland These sands, in a state of greater or less division, and agglutinated by siliceous or calcareous cements, form the rocks called sandstones. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 It is, however, much smaller, has a calcareous stipe, and a much less variegated peridium, and generally a small columella. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Indeed, more pounds per acre may be grown upon some stiff lands than on any light soil, however calcareous. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses The Senà, and several other small rivulets which feed the Elsa, have the property of encrusting wood and herbs with calcareous stone. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology When the vases are taken out of the excavations, they are covered with a coating of whitish earth, something like tartar, and of a calcareous nature; it disappears on the application of aqua fortis. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life They are most frequent in calcareous strata, from the transition limestones to the highest of the marles. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 In such cases the lime of the outer peridium is scant or limited in amount, never forming the calcareous cap shown in Fig. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species If the soil is not calcareous by nature, it must be made so artificially. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses The one is, perhaps, charged with calcareous, the other with argillaceous matter; or one sweeps down sand and pebbles, the other impalpable mud. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This tablet of calcareous stone with a rounded top, is about seven feet high, and is completely covered by the inscription. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life A little farther on in the direction of the forest, other spots of fresh blood were discovered upon the dry calcareous surface of the soil. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The calcium in the stipe also varies; the black or brown stipes are, of course, free from it; the gray or white, calcareous. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The dry calcareous soil of some parts of England appears to be particularly favorable to the production of early varieties. The Cauliflower In the Museum at Montpelier is a cannon taken up from the sea near the mouth of the river, imbedded in a crystalline calcareous rock. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Closely associated with limestone in commercial uses, as well as in chemical composition, is calcareous marl, which is used extensively in the manufacture of Portland cement. The Economic Aspect of Geology Some mezquite trees appeared in front thinly covering the calcareous soil, but the twilight sun began to render less visible the objects here and there scattered over the plain. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora This species is easily recognizable by its brilliant yellow color, somewhat rugose, sometimes scaly peridium, its richly calcareous capillitium, also bright yellow where not weathered or faded, its dark brown, translucent, non-calcareous stem. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species On either side rose steep slopes formed of huge masses of calcareous rock, rough, leprous-looking, worn, cracked, ground to sand, in a complete state of decomposition under the pitiless sun. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Large masses, also, are continually taken up of an arenaceous rock, cemented by calcareous matter, including multitudes of broken shells of recent species. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Tripoli and rottenstone are light, porous, siliceous rocks which have resulted from the leaching of calcareous materials from various siliceous limestones or calcareous cherts in the process of weathering. The Economic Aspect of Geology Upper Miocene.—Calcareous marl; gypsum, etc.; sulphur embedded in calcareous limestone; silicious limestone; tripoli, containing fossils of fish, insects' eggs, etc. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Ohio specimens are a little larger and have thicker and more calcareous stipes than is usual in those from Philadelphia. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species If the calcareous crust upon the teeth adheres very firmly, a fine powder of pumice-stone may be used occasionally, or a tooth instrument. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Its material is soft calcareous stone, and nothing but its sheltered position could have preserved it. The Book of the National Parks The ore minerals are commonly associated with carbonized material representing plant remains, and have replaced the calcareous and cementing material of the rock, and also some of the quartz grains. The Economic Aspect of Geology The following is a list of the various strata which form part of the crust of the earth in Sicily, according to Professor Mottura, an Italian geologist: Pliocene.—Sandstone; coarse calcareous rock; marl. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Moreover, in these specimens the calcareous deposits are white and not yellow, giving the entire fructification a grayish aspect. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Some calcareous earth has been discovered after putrefaction in the coagulable lymph of animals. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The material is largely calcareous, and has probably been derived from the disintegration of the reefs, and from the shells of animals living in the shallows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Clay at surface with calcareous clay shale and some thin limestone layers below. The Economic Aspect of Geology On the alluvial bottoms, the soil is loamy,—on the hills, calcareous, and inclined to clay. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The genus is among Myxomycetes instantly recognized by the peculiar form of its calcareous deposits, stellate crystals coating, or merely frosting, usually distinct sporangia. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species All these concretions contain phosphoric acid, mucus, and calcareous earth in different proportions; and are probably so far analogous in respect to their component parts as well as their mode of formation. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Sand, absorptive power of, 68; an adulterant of guano, 319; calcareous, absorptive power of, 98; siliceous, absorptive power of, 98. Manures and the principles of manuring One or two calcareous concretions were observed in them. Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart Surface, gently undulating; soil, in places calcareous and clayey,—in other places a rich loam; limestone. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Sporangia sessile or nearly so; outer calcareous wall conspicuously developed 5. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species It was formerly believed that waters replete with calcareous earth, such as incrust the inside of tea-kettles, or are laid to petrify moss, were liable to produce or to increase the stone in the bladder. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Along this road there are extensive tracts of ground covered with calcareous petrifactions. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Although the action of all surface waters is toward oxidation and carbonation of these metals, the carbonate development of oxidized zones is more marked when the enclosing rocks are calcareous. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Surface various,—bottom lands level, and rich,—then a range of precipitous bluffs, with cliffs of limestone,—the table land rolling with a calcareous and clayey soil. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West It differs from D. difforme chiefly in that the outer calcareous shell is not smooth, but is covered with abundant loose crystals, frosted. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The exchange of which phosphoric acid for carbonic acid, or fixed air, converts shells into limestone, producing mountains of marble, or calcareous strata. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The summits of the calcareous hills which stretch eastward from the great chain of the Cordillera are broken and rugged. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests These different colours are to be found in the calcareous plain, and are no doubt the work of centuries. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Surface, generally rolling,—some parts hilly; soil, calcareous and clayey,—on the bottoms, a rich sandy loam. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The genus Diderma is usually easy of recognition, by reason of its double wall, the outer, crustaceous, usually calcareous, and its limits remain substantially as originally set by Persoon. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species As calcareous earth abounds every where, is the want of phosphoric acid the remote cause? Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Private dwellings in the mountainous parts are built of unhewn stone, cemented with a very strong calcareous mortar. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests A boat was despatched to Cape Remarkable, where Bougainville said he had seen fossil shells, which, however, turned out to be nothing but little pebbles imbedded in a calcareous gangue. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Surface various,—some parts hilly and broken,—some parts undulating,—some parts level; soil, in the low grounds, a rich loam,—on the high grounds, calcareous and gravelly. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The peculiar orange color of the calcareous deposits in stipe and columella easily distinguish this species. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species The two last consist of calcareous earth united to phosphoric acid, and the Armenian bole and marl may contain iron. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life This cave is formed by two large masses of calcareous matter having been reared up one against the other. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II The water finds its way to the surface through deep-lying cretaceous strata, and contains a great deposit of calcareous material. Shepp's Photographs of the World Surface, in some parts level, some parts very hilly; soil, calcareous, rich and productive; timber of all varieties; abounds with limestone. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West A group of sporangia; the calcareous crust has fallen in all. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species This mistaken idea has lately been exploded by the improved chemistry, as no calcareous earth, or a very minute quantity, was found in the calculi analysed by Scheel and Bergman. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life It is all of a calcareous nature, but differing in condition from any of the other islands of the same substance. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II While these springs are active, vegetation dies in their vicinity; but when dry, grass and trees again grow on the crumbling calcareous deposit. Shepp's Photographs of the World Surface, undulating and dry; soil, deep, rich, and calcareous. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West In both cases putrefaction is prevented by the constant absorption of the moisture from the atmosphere, and through its medium from the body by the calcareous soil in which the vaults are dug. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Many arguments seem to shew, that calcareous earth contributes to the nourishment of animals and vegetables. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The hills and vales throughout the whole extent of Bermuda have the stratified calcareous material generally conforming on all sides to the inclination of the surface. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II In this range it is most frequent in calcareous soils, reaching its best development in rich woodland, but persisting on poorer upland soils also. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 Surface rolling; soil, in some places a dark loam,—in others clayey and calcareous. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West These natural hollows," said Sumichrast, "often occur in gypsum mountains, but still more frequently in volcanic or calcareous masses. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Intestinal absorption is increased by astringent vegetables, as rhubarb, galls; and by earthy salts, as alum; and by argillaceous and calcareous earth. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Also, the hard calcareous external covering of the mollusca, crustacea, and echinoderms. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On the rather sterile calcareous soil of the two plateaus the woods are thick and numerous. World's War Events, Vol. II In rare instances they may undergo calcareous metamorphosis, constituting the so-called cutaneous calculi. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine "The rain-water, filtering through the mountain above, dissolves the calcareous matter it meets with, and produces, when it evaporates, the beautiful concretions you are now looking at." Adventures of a Young Naturalist In one case, which I saw, a considerable quantity of calcareous earth, and afterwards of bone-ashes, and of decoction of madder, and also of sublimate of mercury, were given without effect. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The Echinus, an animal of the class Echinodermata, of globular form, and a hard calcareous outer covering, beset with movable spines, on the ends of which it crawls about. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I.—Origin and Consolidation of the Land The solid surface of the earth is mainly composed of gravel, of calcareous, and argillaceous strata. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The areas that are able to produce the vegetation characteristic of calcareous soils are obviously the most prosperous. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement "To a certain extent," I replied; "water holds in solution calcareous matter, and, as soon as the liquid evaporates, stone is formed." Adventures of a Young Naturalist The calcareous earth in these waters might possibly be carried to the bones, as madder is known to colour them. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life The oval internal calcareous shell, "cuttle-bone," often found lying on the beach, was formerly much used in pharmacy. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As far as it has been explored, the general geological structure of Canada exhibits a granite country, with some calcareous rocks of a soft texture in horizontal strata. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) This clover thrives in a calcareous soil, but is more indifferent to a small lime supply than is the red clover. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Without much difficulty, l'Encuerado broke through the upper calcareous layer, and brought to light some loamy earth, out of which he procured a small cup of baked clay. Adventures of a Young Naturalist As an example of a calcareous soil, forming a striking contrast to those given above, we select one from the island of Antigua, from which very large crops of sugar-cane are obtained. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry A name applied to the hard calcareous support or skeleton of many species of marine zoophytes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The tail is likewise covered with a series of calcareous rings. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Red clover is most at home in calcareous soils, and lack of lime is a leading cause of clover failure in this country. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Roads.—The alignment of good roads in the plains of the Panjáb is easy, and the deposits of calcareous nodules or kankar often found near the surface furnish good metalling material. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir By a more careful treatment it is possible to distinguish and separate humus, and in soils lying on chalk or limestone, calcareous matter or carbonate of lime. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Brush ore is a hydrate with protoxide of iron, and frequently, if not much mixed with calcareous earth, contains from 60 to 65 per cent. of iron. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The eggs are spherical; their shell solid, but membraneous or slightly calcareous. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Small patches of tobacco are everywhere seen growing over the sugar producing districts of Cuba; but I saw no tobacco plantations in the calcareous regions over which I traveled. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The reason of this poverty ought perhaps to be sought in the want of chalk or basic calcareous rocks, which prevails in the parts of Japan which we visited. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The relative proportions in which these substances exist in soils are, as we shall afterwards see, the foundation of their classification into the light, heavy, calcareous, and other sub-divisions. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry The class of Vermes deposit a calcareous stuff, as if it had torn loose from the earth a piece of the gross mass which it must still drag about with it. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. The water must be free from calcareous salts; these salts converting the iron into carbonates which impart an ochrey tinge to the proof. Photographic Reproduction Processes The sugar-cane grows chiefly on soils derived from calcareous formations; but few or none of these are fitted for tobacco, which is cultivated only on sandy loams. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce He knew that the calcareous stone was easily affected by acid and that he could protect its surface against it by a layer of wax. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Experience has shown that burning is by no means equally advantageous to all clays, but is most beneficial on those containing a considerable quantity of calcareous matter, and of silicates of potash. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry The diamonds have their home in beds of clay, which are usually covered with calcareous rock. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Alfalfa should be given a calcareous soil when possible, but an acid soil can be made favorable to alfalfa by the free use of lime. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Isolated calcareous masses have sometimes been embedded in the cardiac walls. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The soil in certain places was seen through the layer of snow; it seemed to consist of schist and quartz, with some appearance of calcareous rock. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras This island, although the bluffs present the appearance of sterility, is covered with a strong soil, which is continually renovated by the spontaneous decomposition of calcareous rock. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings The summit of Machacha is composed of a dark igneous rock, apparently a sort of amygdaloidal trap, with white and greenish calcareous crystals scattered through it. Impressions of South Africa Among the forms which you will find are the silicious skeletons of diatoms, the calcareous skeletons of foraminifera, scales of fish, and, rarely, the whole skeleton of a fish. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Fatty degeneration and calcification of the middle and outer coats may occur, and large, hard, calcareous plates project inward, upon which thrombi may form or may exist in connection with atheroma of the inner coat. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse All that is required for the result, is the presence of certain calcareous salts in the water; repose even is not essential, for the process goes on below, though the surface may be stormy. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 Close to the town there were thick layers of calcareous sediment, containing petrified reeds or canes, of which I brought away specimens for our museum. Byeways in Palestine The calcareous or lime hangings on the walls and ceilings of a cavern. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages By accident the calcareous deposit was broken off at one part in their search, and below was found a dark material, which, after examination, was found to be copper. The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands In an atheromatous vessel, calcareous deposits soon occur, which render it rigid, brittle, and subject to ulceration or rupture. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Cultivation.—"The soil best adapted for the Lentil is that of a dry, light, calcareous, sandy nature." 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