10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURTARBRAND»
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1
A collection of modern and contemporary voyages & travels
... weU as by hard clay mixed with sand. The ebony wood (or, as it is called,
surtarbrand, from the name of the mountain which contains it) is easy to be
distinguished at a distance, on account of its black colour : it is principally found
to the left of ...
2
Travels in Iceland: Performed by Order of His Danish Majesty
... strata of brownish turf> as well as by hard clay mixed with sand. The ebony
wood (or, as it is called, surtarbrand, from the name of the mountain which
contains it) is easy to be distinguished at a distance^ on account of its black
colour : it is ...
Eggert Ólafsson, Bjarni Pálsson, 1805
3
The Coal Resources of the World: An Inquiry Made Upon the ...
"Surtarbranden" occurs at all heights above the sea, from 2 m. up to ca. 300 m.
The different heights at which " Surtarbrand " occurs are conditioned, obviously,
by the dip of the basalt masses, and it is probable that the "Surtarbrand" formation
...
William McInnes, Donaldson Bogart Dowling, W. W. Leach, 1913
4
The Philosophical Magazine
ivith confidence 'respecting' their species. In general the trunks, branches, and ro'
ots of the decayed trees were considerably flattened ;_whieh is a phendmeno'n
observed in the surtarbrand, or foffil wo'od of Ic'eland, and Which Scheuchzer ...
5
Calcutta journal of natural history and miscellany of the ...
Of useful mineral productions, are found sulphur (the most extensive mines at
Husabig and Krisuvig,) and ' Surtarbrand,' i. e., flat pressed, carbonized trunks of
trees found among the strata. Considering the locality, Iceland enjoys a mild ...
6
Philosophical Magazine, Comprehending the Various Branches ...
i t r _ on tl'e East o/ssEngsizrtaI. fish i ' withss confidence 'respectin'g their species
. In general the trunks, branches, and roots of the decayed trees were "consi-'
derany flattened; which is a phenomenon observed in the surtarbrand, or foffil ...
7
The history of Lynn. To which is prefixed a copious account ...
... decayed trees were considerably flattened, which is a phenomenon observed
in the Surtarbrand, or fossil wood of Iceland, and which Schcuchzcr remarked
also in the fossil wood found in the neighbourhood of the lake Thun iu
Switzerland.
8
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
In general, the trunks, branches, and roots of the' decayed trees, were
considerably flattened; which is a phaenomenon observed in the Surtarbrand or
fossil wood of Iceland, and which 80112110112211 remarked also in the fossil
wood found ...
9
The philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of ...
In general, the trunks, branches, and roots of the decayed trees, were
considerably flattened ; which is a phenomenon observed in the Surtarbrand or
fossil wood of Iceland, and which Scheuchzer remarked also in the fossil wood
found near ...
10
History of the County of Lincoln: From the Earliest Period ...
In general, the trunks, branches, and roots of the decayed trees, were
considerably flattened ; which is a phenomena observed in the Surtarbrand or
fossil wood of Iceland, and which Scheuchzer remarked also in the fossil wood
found near the ...
