Litchfield enquirer., 1835-09-03

for eDauring nre. Thers is a large bed Of t
 in 0roi0n. & N k FsrrH LkcrUae-AIAY if.-Alr. SilIiman
 mentioned that quartz was often erystalized, and vas of all sizes and had doublless once
 been soluble and indeed that this rock had
 been found actually melted granite snd trap on Cape AnIls as he had ascertained by ride thither the Saturday before. He advised there should he added tO the splendid East
 India Museum at Salem, geological speci- nlens. Porcelain clay was described as made
 of drcomposed felspar.
 The Beverly rock the lecturer represented
 as remarkably interesting. It is near the
 bridge: it has basis Of sienite, and dikes of
 trap five feet wide, with veins of felspar and
 quartz crossing each other; nut blended but
 distinct. Itis mauiCestly the effect of fire. q,
 The professor considered geology the gram dest science next afler astronomy; the former having me advantage over the latter, in pre-
 sentiDg objects that can be handled, and ssen
 with perfect distipctness.
 He was aware he said that he made n great
 demand on the confidence of his audience :;
 but he wished them to remember that He who made the world had no limiis time ar spaca !; and therefore there need be no iFt0hle abuat
 time in the first formation ahe Glpbe. He
 was addressing those who heieyed in God,-- II AutS uelttll were SCI AStufs uc Wuutu gEeitu-
 quish all further examination into the struC-
 turr of the world. and be forever silent nn ev : cry subject of science. The man who dishtl-
 liesed in God, he regarded not as a rational
 being, hut as a mad man. 2S @1ard 1Aa '.f He said That quartz frequently formed a
 rock by itself there was the granular quartz,
 which is tn grains, and will not crack by heat. iGranite is sometimes icrackeds but Aevrr stra-
 titied. There are masses of decompOsed gran-
 ite and sienite on Cape ADn. ',.,. t. yti..,yss, - Rocks lying, upon granite are stratifed. In
 these are found fossils, " hich are the remains
 of plants and animals. 'The inference is. that there were no animals nor plants in existence
 when the rocks, having no such remains, were formed, which fOcks have already leen de- scsihed, and are alt more or less crystaiized. Eir1 ssl we'll as water effects crystalization,; and the ptocess has been seen to gO On in vol ca1oes. sIthas, been obiected that lime could
 not have been, igpited, because in that case if would have been turned into quick lime. Sir James Hall, the father of the famous Capt.
 Basil Hall. set aside this 6Bjecti6h by actual experiment.. He found that marble could he heated in; gdnlbasSel wiihOut losing iiscar- bonic acidsi A similar experiment., with sim liar resnltsshas Inexperienced onitrap rock. sa, Professor Silliman said lie had nowa come ApSss iseVppA SttEsS NA0p OnNtn@ lencs were visible. By movement ip the va ter, rough, angular masses of rock, are made smooth and round and these sino6th. and round substances, drc found in the sintgfiof of. 1cuntinGnts. .slt,sl aiofa ~ ~ rtsgf9 a8ad snofi The sh0rss Of fNewsEI Iollantl are stfown with the topaz a rt,incral next to the diamond in hardness. The originalsnaterials swerelbro- 'kenlof6 and deposited by gravity. Thus jas per rdiscoyered remeHted bYia case of quartz. Sach idenpsltes have coms in after tba prima- " rpekss, They are remarkable for their ele- 'yations are found on the Caiskili Mohhfaihs.
 After being formed, they must have been Fal.,
 sed.by tnIcrnat nIe. 4- TI.- ,.adaing stone, 6f the conglomefate, is'traced high upsfhe Alps. K The first evidence that the fofmation ofthe globe was progressive,.is is the Ffact.i tbaf down inyery deepi rocks arr fnssils, tAe remains l,f strange animals embedded in solid masses.r-- the water, may he seen in abundance at TrenL ton Falls. Almost an animals f0und in rocks. have become extinct. 1twas the wifi of our Creat6r that ths earth should be gradually prepared for the ani,naisthat Nereet0 live upt OD ft. There afe traces Of fossils even inithe pudding st0ns. fsi4t Eaua 9g ha6 3ags13f sn The Transition rocks are these which ai,- pear,iO bepassings sfrOminRe state int0 aaDoAhr er- In these are .yAsi pumbers of animals. now tbscome extinct, a,i,. ,,,..s,,.,.' , The early eOrals are remar rkable. There are the living coraIs ip the seas of ali warm climates. l6 the pf0d1cti0nf If the coral the l animal coliects The lifhnbe froniilis ocean sa- These pr0ductisbs are 0f every variety of fossn.as The ehaiascoFai is f0sBdliD fields, in l nsullnfains, and in ruCIss some Jcorals are si- lex. and some lime. These lyorks of animals l are someiimes built ", into high Doaniains. | tpg ths southern seas, there are reels of coral ? a,shopsand miles long. They are first erected as walls against the Wind. 'I'le animal never works ahose, the water, ne brings up his ts- talilisllmert 10 the safgace and thers leaves 1t 'bdt birds sod pIabts ihay addto its ssetation still 1t mast have besn frs beneAih5ihat has 1 raised ahem tothe height which in mapy in- staaees they haze atiaiAed. i,s, brs 5a.s I ,g The RIOlessor said there was, gopd reason toi belieye the bolton, of the ocean 10 De, sim liar tV tue, earlh; and as cOrals fsrtn parts of our nlountains, the inference is that this cbn- tiaent was once undeF the ocean. a2lt paht
 Ia limestone ate sast caverhs: The Nam moth Cave, ih Ifshtutky.a ahas been ex Plosetl to ihspexs6nt often miles without coming tO anylrlinifssii; Suhterraneoaia rivers are. also kno,yN to eKiat ;1aati inc explosion of gun powder in as seaverp ,af lerbyshire, Englapd. caused the rushing u A mass of waters thre' 9ns '"'sr'Sr IF Fes'oanaarsf eaa .i4oagus .eaiau 'iasIl T i'''si fSom sas 8ossoa Gsia1y. ile la' ! p 1temeadOas ExpI0sien.l The schooner Sa-. ;rah; from Hartfards tying at fises suppeF. end of Central Wharf. tosik fire this slterno90 i1. the
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