Stratum

Examples

• At the Cape Verde Islands he made some interesting observations of a white calcareous stratum which ran for miles along the coast at a height of a) bout forty-five feet above the water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was evident that subsequen tly to the formation of the basalt that portion of the coast containing the white stratum had been elevated. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The heather and peat stratum overhung the brow of the pit in mats, hiding the actual verge. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• These are driven in by heavy hammers until the stratum is cut through. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There is no unbroken stratum of illiterates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Murchison at their head, were until recently convinced that we beheld in the organic remains of the lowest Silurian stratum the first dawn of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• At the lower levels we meet the same stratum of phosphorescent rock that illuminates Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• If his supposition were correct, then granite would be found sending out veins from its large masses to pierce the stratifi ed rocks and to crop out where stratum meets stratum. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The Milky Way is one stratum and in it our sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very center of its thickness. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Still h e could not explain why the oxygen did not gravitate to the lowest place, the nitrogen form a stratum above, and the aqueous vapor swim upon the top. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Each of these great epochs has left behind itself a kind of cultural deposit, like a geologic stratum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The she lls in the stratum were recent, that is, corresponded to those still to be found on the neighboring coast. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• H ow are strata raised from the ocean bed? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• For on the theory, such strata must somewhere have been deposited at these ancient and utterly unknown epochs of the world's history. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• As early as 1747 he had been interested in geology and had seen specimens of the fossil remains of marine shells from th e strata of the highest parts of the Alleghany Mountains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Had the different strata of clay, gravel, marble, coals, limestone, sand, minerals, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Lyell and Dr. Dawson in the carboniferous strata of North America; but now land-shells have been found in the lias. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• W erner thought that the earth showed universal strata like the layers of an onion, the mountains being formed by erosion, subsidence, cavings-in. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Later he stated that either the sea had once stood at a higher level, or that these strata had been raised by the force of earthquakes. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I return you Mr. Mitchell's paper on the strata of the earth[36] with thanks. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• On the other hand, in all parts of the world the piles of sedimentary strata are of wonderful thickness. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• All strata are sedimentary, consolidated at the bottom of the sea by the pressure of the water and by subterranean heat. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Stones apparently chipped for use have been found in strata of Oligocene Age at Boncelles in Belgium. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Moreover, the same order of superposition was constant among the strata, as Werner, of whom Smith knew nothing, had indeed taugh t. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The red lava of deep revolutionary fires oozed up through many glowing cracks in the political crust, and all the social strata were shaken. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Can we easily conceive how the strata of the earth could have been so deranged, if it had not been a mere shell supported by a heavier fluid? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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