 The most remarkable circumstance, however, connected with this fossilized tree, is the manner in which the outer layers of wood, when exposed by the removal of the bark, separate into the ultimate fibres of which it is composed, forming an amianthus-like...  Geological Magazine - Page 9edited by - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 450 pages
...connected with this fossilized tree, is the manner in which the outer layers of wood, when exposed by the removal of the bark, separate into the ultimate fibres...the contiguous layers of the preceding and following year's growth ; there being no silicious matter infiltrated into the intervening spaces. A portion... | |
 | Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de Strzelecki - Botany - 1845 - 572 pages
...describing one of the opalised trees, " is the manner in which the outer layers of wood, when exposed by the removal of the bark, separate into the ultimate fibres...the contiguous layers of the preceding and following year's growth ; there being no siliceous matter infiltrated into the intervening spaces. A portion... | |
 | Great Exhibition - 1852 - 430 pages
...describing the tree he says : — " The manner in which the outer layers of wood, when exposed by the removal of the bark, separate into the ultimate fibres...covering the ground with a white powder commonly called native pounce, is very curious." It is 10 feet high, and when first discovered, 3 feet 6 inches in... | |
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