Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Preliminary Definitions
- Part II Of the Basalts of Saxony
- Part III Inferences respecting the formation of the Basalts of Saxony
- Part IV Proofs that the basaltic rocks of Saxony are not of volcanic origin
- Part V Inferences respecting basalt in general
- NOTES
- NOTE A On the structure of rocks; their geognostic position, &c
- NOTE B Account of the Pseudo-volcano at Epterode
- NOTE C Description of the Meisner mountain in Hessia
- NOTE D Werner's account of his discovery of the passage of clay into wacke, and of this into basalt
- NOTE E Account of the mountain of Diberschaar by Mr Von Buch
- NOTE F (TRANSLATOR'S.) Passage of clay into wacke and basalt in Scotland
- NOTE G (TRANSLATOR'S.) Passage of basalt into greenstone in Scotland.—Basaltic porphyry of Ben-Nevis, described by Dr Macknight
- NOTE H Constituent parts of basalt
- NOTE I Answers to some objections
- NOTE K Basalt of the Schneegrube
- NOTE L Opinion of Werner concerning the formation of basalt and of trap-rocks in general
- NOTE M Impossibility of the origin of the basaltic rocks of Saxony, from a single volcano
- NOTE N Comparative fusibility of basalt, greenstone, and lava
- NOTE O Statement of the distinctions between basalt and lava
- NOTE P Remarks on the circumstance of crystals being equally or uniformly dispersed through basalt
- NOTE Q Felspar and hornblende in lava
- NOTE R (TRANSLATOR'S.) Basalt and greenstone alternating with coal in Linlithgowshire
- NOTE S Alternation of basalt with limestone, sandstone, and wacke
- NOTE T Basalt alternating with shelly limestone
- NOTE U (TRANSLATOR'S.) Account of Mr Daubuisson's visit to the Puys of Auvergne, subsequently to the publication of his Memoir on the Basalts of Saxony
- NOTE X Short account of the volcanic theory of Dolomieu, with strictures
- CORRIGENDA
NOTE P - Remarks on the circumstance of crystals being equally or uniformly dispersed through basalt
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Preliminary Definitions
- Part II Of the Basalts of Saxony
- Part III Inferences respecting the formation of the Basalts of Saxony
- Part IV Proofs that the basaltic rocks of Saxony are not of volcanic origin
- Part V Inferences respecting basalt in general
- NOTES
- NOTE A On the structure of rocks; their geognostic position, &c
- NOTE B Account of the Pseudo-volcano at Epterode
- NOTE C Description of the Meisner mountain in Hessia
- NOTE D Werner's account of his discovery of the passage of clay into wacke, and of this into basalt
- NOTE E Account of the mountain of Diberschaar by Mr Von Buch
- NOTE F (TRANSLATOR'S.) Passage of clay into wacke and basalt in Scotland
- NOTE G (TRANSLATOR'S.) Passage of basalt into greenstone in Scotland.—Basaltic porphyry of Ben-Nevis, described by Dr Macknight
- NOTE H Constituent parts of basalt
- NOTE I Answers to some objections
- NOTE K Basalt of the Schneegrube
- NOTE L Opinion of Werner concerning the formation of basalt and of trap-rocks in general
- NOTE M Impossibility of the origin of the basaltic rocks of Saxony, from a single volcano
- NOTE N Comparative fusibility of basalt, greenstone, and lava
- NOTE O Statement of the distinctions between basalt and lava
- NOTE P Remarks on the circumstance of crystals being equally or uniformly dispersed through basalt
- NOTE Q Felspar and hornblende in lava
- NOTE R (TRANSLATOR'S.) Basalt and greenstone alternating with coal in Linlithgowshire
- NOTE S Alternation of basalt with limestone, sandstone, and wacke
- NOTE T Basalt alternating with shelly limestone
- NOTE U (TRANSLATOR'S.) Account of Mr Daubuisson's visit to the Puys of Auvergne, subsequently to the publication of his Memoir on the Basalts of Saxony
- NOTE X Short account of the volcanic theory of Dolomieu, with strictures
- CORRIGENDA
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- An Account of the Basalts of SaxonyWith Observations on the Origin of Basalt in General, pp. 247 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1814