Lanterna Rally

Author: J. E. Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781332288748

Excerpt from Mountain and Moor The High Mountain Ranges of the World - The Andes, Himalayas, Alps, &c. - Our British Mountains much older Geologically - Mountains and Literature - Comparison of the Ages of Sutherland Mountains and Himalayas - Evidences of Metamorphism, &c., in Strata of our Mountains - Evidences of Denudation from British Mountains - Skiddaw, and the Western Highlands - Suilven - Mountains of North Wales - Pentland Hills, the Grampians, Mendips, Quantock Hills, &c. - Silurian Hills and Mountains - Carboniferous Hills - Peak of Derbyshire, Ingleborough Fell - Millstone Grit Hills - Penyghent, Kinder Scout The Pennine Chain - Hills of New Red Sandstone - Peeston Hill - Cotteswold and Cleveland Hills - Chalk Wolds and Downs - Age of the Wrekin - Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain - The Isle of Mull - Rev. J. Clifton-Ward on Ancient Cumberland Volcanoes, and Denudation of Lake District. There are other mountains and hills in the world than those occurring in Great Britain. Some of them stand base to base, and extend over many degrees of latitude or longitude, and we term them "mountain-chains." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.