 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 pages
...granitic rock of this kind has been long exposed to the influence of air and water, the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts are acted...or carbonic acid; and the oxide of iron, which is almost always in its least oxided state, tends to combine with more oxygene; the consequence is, that... | |
 | 1816 - 442 pages
...granitic rock of this kind has been long exposed to die influence of air and water, the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts are acted upon by water or carbonic acid ; and the oxyd of irctn, which is almost always in its least oxyded state, tends to combine with more oxygen... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...granite rock of this kind has been long exposed to the influence of air and water. the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts are acted...or carbonic acid ; and the oxide of iron, which is almost always in its least oxidised state, tends to combine with more oxycen ; the consequence is,... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pages
...lime and potassa ; in the mica, lime and magnesia. " When a granitic rock of this kind, has been long exposed to the influence of air and water, the lime...or carbonic acid ; and the oxide of iron, which is always in its least oxided state, tends to combine with more oxygen ; the consequence is, that the... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...lime and potassa ; in the mica, lime and magnesia. " When a granitic rock of this kind, has been long exposed to the influence of air and water, the lime...potassa, contained in its constituent parts, are acted npon by water, or carbonic acid ; and the oride of iron, which is always in its least oxided state,... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1832 - 426 pages
...granite rock of this kind has been long exposed to the influence of the air and water, the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts are acted...or carbonic acid ; and the oxide of iron, which is almost always in its least oxidized state, tends to combine with more oxygen ; the consequence is,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...granite rock of this kind has been long exposed to (he influence of air and water, the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts are acted...or carbonic acid ; and the oxide of iron, which is almost always in its least oxidised state, tends to combine with more oxygen : the consequence is,... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1835 - 608 pages
...magnesia. When a granitic rock has been longexposed to the influence of air and water, the lime and potass in its constituent parts are acted upon by water or carbonic acid; and the oxide of iron, almost always in its leasl oxidated state tends to combine with more oxygen; therefore the feldspar... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1836 - 458 pages
...granitic rock of this kind has been long exposed to the influence of air and water, the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts are acted...or carbonic acid ; and the oxide of iron, which is almost always in its least oxided state, tends to combine with more oxygen ; the consequence is, that... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 pages
...granitic rock of this kind has been long exposed to the influence of air and water, the lime and the potassa contained in its constituent parts, are acted...or carbonic acid, and the oxide of iron, which is almost always in its least oxidized state, tends to combine with more oxygen. The consequence is, that... | |
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... decomposes, and likewise the mica, but the first the most rapidly. The feldspar, which is as it were the cement of the stone, forms a fine clay ; the mica partially decomposed... 
