Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
In old times people looked with awe upon the mountains, and regarded them with feelings akin to horror or dread. A very slight acquaintance with the classical writers of antiquity will suffice to convince any one that Greeks and Romans did so regard them. They were not so fami...
It might naturally be asked at what period in the world's primeval or geological history some particular mountain-range was upheaved; whether it is younger or older than another...
13. CHAPTER VIII.'Tis said Enceladus' huge frame, Heart-stricken by the avenging flame, Is prisoned here, and underneath Gasps through each vent his sulphurous breath; And still as his tired sid...
8. CHAPTER IV.There must be few people who have neither seen nor heard of the beauty and exquisite colours of Alpine[15] flowers. They are first seen on the fringes of the stately woods above...
14. CHAPTER IX.The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild...
11. CHAPTER VII.And surely the mountain fadeth away, And the rock is removed out of its place, The waters wear away the stones: The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth.
7. CHAPTER III."The spirit of the hills is action, that of the lowlands repose."[9] The plains, with their peaceful meadows and meandering streams, might almost be said to be asleep; but the m...
9. CHAPTER V.Probably every mountain climber, resting for a brief space on a loose boulder, or seeking the shade of some overhanging piece of rock, has often asked himself, "How were all the...
10. CHAPTER VI.The notion that the ground is naturally steadfast is an error,--an error which arises from the incapacity of our senses to appreciate any but the most palpable, and at the same...
4. CHAPTER I.In old times people looked with awe upon the mountains, and regarded them with feelings akin to horror or dread. A very slight acquaintance with the classical writers of antiqui...
5. CHAPTER II.It is not an exaggeration to say that there are no physical features of the surface of the earth which render such a variety of services as mountains. The operations which they...
6. chapter viii., page 277). Again, granite, basalt, and other rocksknown as "igneous," which once existed in a molten condition, have forced their way up from subterranean regions into the rocks forming mountain-chains; and a good deal of the h...
12. chapter ix.).In conclusion, we must bear in mind that mountains, in spite of the enormous erosion they have suffered, are more capable of resisting the ever active agents of denudation than...
2. Part II.1. Part I.3. PART I.