Lever's year book; or Railway and mining almanack, by E. Lever. The Railway and the mine. Lever's illustrated year-book1861 |
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... thickness from the coal measures beneath , are enabled to turn all , or nearly all their attention to agricultural labour above , and thus obtain food for themselves and their mining brethren . Again , these secondary and tertiary rocks ...
... thickness from the coal measures beneath , are enabled to turn all , or nearly all their attention to agricultural labour above , and thus obtain food for themselves and their mining brethren . Again , these secondary and tertiary rocks ...
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... have contorted and separated stata , thousands of feet in thickness ; not to speak of the interesting problems which open out to us in its fossil botany . In fact , to take up this subject properly , THE COAL MEASURES OF GREAT BRITAIN . 91.
... have contorted and separated stata , thousands of feet in thickness ; not to speak of the interesting problems which open out to us in its fossil botany . In fact , to take up this subject properly , THE COAL MEASURES OF GREAT BRITAIN . 91.
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... thickness : the time which has elapsed in their formation must consequently be immense . The rocks of the coal measures alone are above fifteen thousand feet in thickness . Very often evidence of the vast tracts of time , which have ...
... thickness : the time which has elapsed in their formation must consequently be immense . The rocks of the coal measures alone are above fifteen thousand feet in thickness . Very often evidence of the vast tracts of time , which have ...
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... thickness above the carboniferous formation . * Some years ago a boring was prosecuted for coal in the lower beds of the carboniferous limestone at Castletown , in the Sir John Herschel's " Discourse on Study of Natural Philosophy ...
... thickness above the carboniferous formation . * Some years ago a boring was prosecuted for coal in the lower beds of the carboniferous limestone at Castletown , in the Sir John Herschel's " Discourse on Study of Natural Philosophy ...
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... thickness of the coal measures sometimes reaches 15,000 feet . They generally occur as follows : — Coal Measures ... thickness , but they are generally very unfossiliferous . No proper line of separation has yet been made between the ...
... thickness of the coal measures sometimes reaches 15,000 feet . They generally occur as follows : — Coal Measures ... thickness , but they are generally very unfossiliferous . No proper line of separation has yet been made between the ...
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Էջ 151 - ... shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall suffer death as a felon ; and if any person shall unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any girl, being above the age of ten years and under the age of twelve years...
Էջ 73 - A committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper: questions at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present : and in case of an equal division of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote.
Էջ 75 - Meeting ; and such Entry, so signed, shall be received as Evidence in all Courts, and before all Judges, Justices, and others, without Proof of such respective Meetings having been duly convened or held, or of the Persons making or entering such Orders or Proceedings being Shareholders or Directors...
Էջ 159 - Kingdom shall be paid into the receipt of Her Majesty's exchequer in such manner as the treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form part of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom; and all penalties recovered in any British possession shall be paid over into the public treasury of such possession, and form part of the public revenue thereof.
Էջ 153 - ... between the surface and the bottom of the shaft to the surface, and from the surface to the bottom of the shaft and to every entrance for the time being in work between the surface and the bottom of the shaft.
Էջ 70 - ... the Public, and of a considerable Saving of Expense in the transmission of Passengers, Animals, Minerals, and Goods over the Lines of the several Railway Companies parties to such Association ; but considerable difficulty has been experienced in carrying into effect the Objects of the Association, in consequence of the Committee not possessing the Power of prosecuting or defending Actions or Suits, or taking other legal Proceedings : And whereas George Carr Glyn, Esquire, is...
Էջ 152 - Majesty, it shall be lawful for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or in Ireland for the...
Էջ 168 - Convention for that purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, , Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's...
Էջ 9 - There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous : a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.
Էջ 159 - Pounds to be recovered in a summary Manner before Two Justices of the Peace...