. Essay on the theory of the earth . ev. Sliewino- thr i-elative -position of the m sso i&as, if o laMAars ©sy i around f fifsrtrmh wuterivrrnatwn Mills mm-, flint _ Limsjtioit*. tfillstont, without,Sfalls. Upper rtuiriii&Snt\ Sanditoru h Sand. »itllouts falls. fi<-<l of Otfsters.(ri/ftsuiH &tBkrtcontaining •//. tnhinils. *rr tftolt ~»-4l/sr~ ibrmatian . hoH /is\\\ Cparse ttKtriiir r/iistu (ha/ x- Lowes- Sand. i 1,.,/A Flint SHieeous Limestone. without Shells. 11. iiluvial ■ ■ by Kirk, if ffcur/innk} FORMATIONS BELOW
. Essay on the theory of the earth . ev. Sliewino- thr i-elative -position of the m sso i&as, if o laMAars ©sy i around f fifsrtrmh wuterivrrnatwn Mills mm-, flint _ Limsjtioit*. tfillstont, without,Sfalls. Upper rtuiriii&Snt\ Sanditoru h Sand. »itllouts falls. fi<-<l of Otfsters.(ri/ftsuiH &tBkrtcontaining •//. tnhinils. *rr tftolt ~»-4l/sr~ ibrmatian . hoH /is\\\ Cparse ttKtriiir r/iistu (ha/ x- Lowes- Sand. i 1,.,/A Flint SHieeous Limestone. without Shells. 11. iiluvial ■ ■ by Kirk, if ffcur/innk} FORMATIONS BELOW CHALK. 313 of clay; it is always found below the two last may be readily distinguished from chalk by its fallingin pieces on being wetted and dried again. Some va-rieties of it, when burnt, form an excellent cement forbuilding ; it is also a valuable manure. 11. Green formation consists of siliceous earth united bycalcarious matter; and contains also mica and greenearth. From the variety in the proportion of the latteringredient, it is by some divided into the green sand andgray sand, a distinction which cannot always be made,since these alternate and pass into each other. It isfound in the wealds of Kent and Sussex, at the foot of thechalk downs ; and is dug at Rygate and Measha
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