P. 255, c. 2.—“Foraminifera,” fo-rămˌi-nĭfˈe-ra.
P. 257, c. 1.—“Hot Springs.” These are in reality Artesian wells,
the water rising from great depths. In some places the warm water is
utilized, as in Würtemberg, where manufactories are warmed by the water
sent through them in pipes. The water is usually pure and the temperature
quite uniform. Among the most famous examples of hot springs are those
of Arkansas—fifty-seven in number—those of Virginia, and the geysers of
Iceland.
“Wells of Bath.” Bath is the chief town of Somersetshire, England, and
takes its name from its baths. The springs which furnish these are four
in number, and discharge nearly 200,000 gallons of water a day.
Many interesting examples of changes in level might be noted. Scotland
in less than an hundred years has been raised from 15 to 20 feet.
As distinctly have the coast lines been traced, says Hugh Miller,
as “between two contiguous steps of a stair, covered the one by a
patch of brown, the other by a patch of green, in the pattern of the
stair-carpet.” In Norway and Sweden a rising has been proven to be going
on in the northern part, and a sinking in the southern part.