When water holding bicarbonate of lime in solution drops slowly from the ceiling, by which it is exposed to the air sufficiently long to allow the escape of one equivalent of carbonic acid gas, the lime is deposited in the form of monocarbonate. If the... A Guide Manual to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky - Page 17by Charles W. Wright - 1860 - 63 pagesFull view - About this book
| Indiana. Geological Survey - Geology - 1879 - 552 pages
...escape of one equivalent of carbonic acid gas, the lime is deposited in the form of monocarbonate. If the deposit occurs in such a manner that the accumulation...constitutes what is termed a stalactite; but if it forms on the floor of a cave and accumulates from below, upward, it is known as a stalagmite. Stalactites... | |
| Samuel Almond Miller - Geology - 1889 - 732 pages
...enough to allow one equivalent of carbonic-acid gas to escape, the lime is crystallized. If the deposit takes place from above downward, in the form of an icicle, it constitutes stalactite ; but if it forms on the floor, from below upward, it is stalagmite. These two sometimes... | |
| Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Botany - 1879 - 566 pages
...escape of one equivalent of carbonic acid gas, the lime is deposited in the form of monocarbonate. If the deposit occurs in such a manner that the accumulation...constitutes what is termed a stalactite; but if it forms on the floor of a cave and accumulates from below, upward, it is known as a stalagmile. Stalactites... | |
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