Significados de upper stratum em inglês

Nearly all this loss could be avoided by simply mining the upper stratum first.

Arabella had social ambition, but was never accepted by the upper stratum of American society.

The cheap, but perpetual activities of life grow out of this upper stratum of our being.

Toward five o'clock, the day began to dawn, bluish clouds marbled the upper stratum of clouds.

But by laying bare in 1884 the upper stratum of remains on the rock of Tiryns (q.v.

Clouds of upper stratum N.W.

The grass is short and thick, yet the upper stratum of earth furnishes only a dry and parched granitic sand.

Immediately above this schistose stratum is a superincumbent mass of sandstone, which appeared to form the upper stratum of the island.

The upper stratum of the rock is soft and warm, presenting almost the appearance of mud thickened with sand and small stones.

Thus at a few degrees north of the equator the upper stratum of air will always be found to be travelling northward.

The lower cloud had parted in the west, disclosing an upper stratum of pale gold, which widened upward and outward as the minutes passed.

I thought then, if I could force off the top, I might make my way through it to an upper stratum of the cargo.

A red-hot stove heats the upper stratum of air to oppression, while a stream of cold air is constantly circulating about the lower extremities.

Thin scud was met at 1,900 feet, and an upper stratum at 4,500 feet, beyond which was bright sun.

The vapour that is emitted, traverses the upper stratum of sand strongly heated, and becomes sensible to the eye when the air cools towards evening.

At the northern part of the island, where a convent stands, a low cliff fringes the shore, being an upper stratum of the upheaved reef.