Geology of TennesseeS. C. Mercer, printer, 1869 - 550 síđur |
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banks belt Black Shale Bluff calcareous Central Basin character Chattanooga chert Chilhowee clay Clinch Coal Measures Cocke County Conglomerate contains copper County Cove Creek crinoidal Cumberland Table-land division Dolomite Ducktown Dyestone Group East Tennessee eastern elevation extends feet thick Fork fossiliferous fossils geological gravel gray Hardin County Highlands Holston iron Knox Dolomite Knoxville layers less lignite lime localities lower Maclurea Main Sewanee marble masses mentioned metamorphic Middle Tennessee miles mineral Mississippi Mountain Limestone Nashville nearly northwest occur Ocoee Orthis outcrop plateau points portion Powell's present pyrites Railroad range referred region runs Safford sand sandstone seen Sequatchee Valley side Siliceous Siliceous Group slates slope soil southeast southern species specimens strata Summit surface Tenn Tennessee River thin tion Tracy City Trenton Trenton and Nashville Unaka Range upper veins western แ แ
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Síđa 12 - ... and clearness of the sky, which is not only important with respect to the increased radiation from the Earth, the organic development of plants, and the ripening of fruits, but also with reference to its influence on the...
Síđa 473 - After three hours' reflection, resolved to call a meeting of the citizens of the township, and make a speech explanatory of the value of the school section, and of the importance of leasing it for mining purposes. Told the people that as soon as the mines could be opened, their condition would be improved, and that civilization, intelligence, comfort, and wealth would be the inevitable results.
Síđa 517 - What are supposed to be pine barrens, by the use of marl are made into fruitful land. The price of land in this region was considerably below that in the northern part of the State forty years ago ; now that the lands are improved their prices are higher than those in the northern part of the State, though even there they are higher than any where else in the United States.
Síđa 508 - These blocks attracted the attention of the building committee of the national capitol, who, although they had numerous specimens from all parts of the Union before them, decided in favor of the East Tennessee marble. " An agent was soon after sent by them to ascertain whether or not it could be obtained in quantity, who, when on the ground, had no difficulty in satisfying himself as to that point.
Síđa 517 - Found in places where no capital and but very little labor were needed to get it, the poorest have been able to avail themselves of its benefits. Lands, which in the old style of cultivation had to lie fallow, by the use of marl produce heavy crops of clover and grow rich while resting. Thousands of acres of...
Síđa 521 - ... inches. Placing the stone upon this end, the body of it presents the form of an irregular, slightly oblique, rhomboidal prism. The upper end, however, is not well defined, but runs up to one side in a flattened protuberance, giving the entire specimen a form roughly approaching an oblique pyramid.
Síđa 130 - Every formation has, in great part, its own species of fossils. Most of those found in one do not occur in any other. Upon this fact depends the great utility of fossils. They furnish, when known well enough to be recognized...
Síđa 120 - It is very variable in width from east to west, being near its northern extremity, or at the mouth of the Ohio, 50 miles wide, at Memphis 30, at the mouth of the White River 80, and contracting again further south, as at Grand Gulf, to 33 miles.
Síđa 517 - It would be difficult to calculate the advantages which the state has gained, and will yet derive from the use of marl. It has already saved some districts from depopulation, and increased the inhabitants of others; and may, one day, contribute to convert the sandy and pine deserts into regions of agricultural wealth.
Síđa 519 - ... on the prepared ground, is spread on the surface before plowing, is worked in the hill or drill, or is composted with barnyard manure and spread on the ground, according to the farmer's judgment. From five to thirty tons and even more may be used upon an acre. " With any kind of garden or field crop it may be used, and will be beneficial both to the crop and soil. It is free from the seeds of weeds, is dry, and convenient to handle, all of which recommend it to any good farmer. When first dug...