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Identifier: geologyofnewhamp35newh (find matches)
Title: The geology of New Hampshire : a report comprising the results of explorations ordered by the legislature
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: New Hampshire. Geological and Mineralogical Survey Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919 Upham, Warren, 1850-1934 Huntington, Joshua Henry, 1833-1904 Quimby, Elihu T. (Elihu Thayer), 1826-1890 Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911 Flint, William F Edwards, Arthur M. (Arthur Mead) Hawes, George Wesson, 1848-1882
Subjects: Geology Rivers Insects Botany Fragilariaceae Drift Mineralogy Physical geography
Publisher: Concord : E. A. Jenks, state printer
Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library
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a pulpit in the early historyof the town. A heliotype sketch of this is presented, showing two orthree of the constituent boulders of this moraine, for it is a terminal pileof rubbish. It may have collected behind a ledge, though it is not alwayseasy to separate ledges from boulders in this vicinity. The largest stoneis 60 feet long and 40 feet wide, and ovoid in shape. The moraine itselfis 150 feet wide and over 100 feet high. Five or six of the large boul-ders in it are readily discernible to the visitor. The view is somewhatdefective, because of the difficulty of obtaining a good light in the forestlate in the afternoon. This moraine is really more remarkable than thesingle large boulders, because it is composed of several pieces, each aslarge as Chase, if not Churchill rock. The ridge extends to the pond,and its base is crossed by the road. We find, therefore, in this short distance of three quarters of a mile,certainly a dozen boulders, each exceeding 25,000 cubic feet in dimen-
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GLACIAL DRIFT. 267 sions. Their position requires the invocation of glacial action to ac-count for their removal from the pinnacle or cliff from which they seemto have come. We could not have expected anything less than such aroyal discovery, when the chief executive of the commonwealth set him-self to search for something worthy of mention. Vessel Rock. In Gilsum a large boulder (Fig. 55), called Vessel Rock,from its fancied resemblance to a ship, has long attracted attention. Dr.

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New Hampshire. Geological and Mineralogical Survey; Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919; Upham, Warren, 1850-1934; Huntington, Joshua Henry, 1833-1904; Quimby, Elihu T. (Elihu Thayer), 1826-1890; Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911; Flint, William F; Edwards, Arthur M. (Arthur Mead);

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