Download or read book Text Book of Geology written by Archibald Geikie and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Geology Vol 1 of 3 Classic Reprint written by Thomas C. Chamberlin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geology, Vol. 1 of 3 Effects of wind on plants, 40. Indirect effects of the wind, 41. 11. Chemical Work. Precipitation from solution, 41. Oxidation, 42. Carbo nation, 43. Other chemical changes, 43. Conditions favor able for chemical changes, 43. 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.
Download or read book Text Book of Geology Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Archibald Geikie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Text-Book of Geology, Vol. 1 Geology is the science which investigates the history Of the Earth. Its Object is to trace the progress Of our planet from the earliest beginnings Of its separate existence, through its various stages Of growth, down to the present condition Of things. It unravels the complicated processes, involving vast geographical revolutions, by which each continent and country has been built up, tracing out the origin of their materials and the manner in which their existing outlines have been determined. It likewise fol lows into detail the varied sculpture Of mountain and valley, crag and ravine. 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.
Download or read book Geology Vol 1 written by Alexander Henry Green and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geology, Vol. 1: Physical Geology The Science of Geology, though barely yet a century old, covers already so wide a field, and takes in such a diversity of subjects, that few, if any, men can hope thoroughly to master the whole of it. Mineralogy, Petrology, Stratigraphical Geology, Terrestrial Cosmogony, Palaeontology, and other lines of research, though they may fairly be looked upon as subdivisions of Geology, are fast becoming separate Sciences. But while it has become almost an absolute necessity for most Geologists to concentrate their attention on some one department of the science and be content with a less perfect grasp of the rest, there is yet a certain basis or groundwork, with which every one who meddles with Geology, whatever be the branch to which he specially devotes himself, must be acquainted if his work is to be sound. For want of a knowledge of this groundwork the Petrologist, looking merely to chemical and mineralogical composition, classes together rocks which differ totally in their origin or manner of occurrence the Palaeontologist pure and simple is apt to force into an unnatural connection, on account of similarity in fossils, formations which physical evidence shows ought to be kept widely apart; the Field Geologist is content with tracing boundaries on his map, and forgets to ask himself how his lines were produced and what they mean. 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.
Download or read book Geology Classic Reprint written by Archibald Geikie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geology Will see that they receive various treatment before they become part of a building. The stones of the walls have been chipped and dressed with chisels and hammers the marble of the chimney-pieces has been smoothed and polished; the slates have been split into thin plates. But some of these building mate rials have undergone much greater changes. The bricks, for instance, were originally soft clay which has been hardened by being baked in ovens. The mortar by which the stones or bricks of the walls are held together. Has been obtained by burning limestone in kilns. The iron used in the house was first of all in the state of a dull red or brown stone, which had to be roasted and melted before the clear bright metal came out of it. I 3. But although these various stones differ so much from each other, they agree in one point - they come from underneath the surface of the ground. If you could trace back each of them to the place from which it came you would find that the freestone and limestone were taken out of quarries, perhaps not very far away, that the slates were cut out of the side of some hill, probably in Wales, that the marble was quarried out of some distant moun tain, possibly in Italy, that the coal was dug out of mines, sunk deep into the earth in some part of Bri tain, and that the bricks were made from clay dug out of pits on some low ground in your neighbourhood. 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.
Download or read book A Textbook of Geology Vol 1 written by Chester R. Longwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Textbook of Geology, Vol. 1: Physical Geology With this keynote in mind, the attempt is made throughout the book to keep to matters that have a direct bearing on geologic history. The authors consider it a mistake to use the limited space in an ele mentary text for the exposition of scientific matters not directly a part of geology, however interesting they may be in themselves. For this reason the discussion of weather, of which at best only a smattering can be given in a geologic text, has been abandoned. Similarly a detailed discussion of the mechanics of glacier motion, which has inherent inter est but is not essential to an understanding of land sculpture by glaciers, is dispensed with. 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.
Download or read book Lectures on Geology Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Arnold Henry Guyot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Geology, Vol. 3 Now, what is the meaning of these great types of structure; why are there four, and no more or no less; and what is their rank in the scale of perfection of animal life To answer these questions, we must remember that the structure is but the expression of the life-functions for which the organs are made; and a closer examination will convince us that each archetype has a predominant life-function which determines its special form and the character of its physiological life. It will be seen, also, that each archetype corresponds to one of the fundamental functions of life. 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.
Download or read book Textbook of Geology Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Archibald Geikie and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Textbook of Geology, Vol. 3 Britain, hui - Scandinavia, hes - Central Europe, nah - America, hog - India, liw - China, Cl - Australasia, 1191. 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.
Download or read book Manual of Geology Vol 1 of 2 written by John Phillips and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Geology, Vol. 1 of 2: Theoretical and Practical From the days when Geology began to develop into an exact science, the student has been encountered by guides in the form of books, of two kinds; one promising to "lead him the sweetest and easiest way;" the other demonstrating that "of things good and beautiful, the Gods give nothing to men without great toil." The earlier writers gathered facts from too wide a field to demonstrate the steps of geological evolution. In the words of Professor Suess: "It is an exceedingly difficult task to teach a science well, which grows as rapidly as ours. The difficulty is not caused by the enormous yearly increase of new observations, because this may be overcome by patience, and by a diligent study of every good memoir. But I find that many of our best men go wrong in hanging to details, and losing sight of the grand features of science, or in proclaiming popular theories, and forgetting the painful arts of observation amidst the applause of a short-sighted crowd." The difficulty of teaching has also been the difficulty of text-book writing. And among the few works which have aspired to achieve a noble ideal, probably the most honoured place must be given to the Manual of Professor John Phillips. As the nephew of William Smith, he knew the history and growth of geological ideas as well as facts; and as a public teacher was not unmindful of the aspects of geology which are of vital importance in unfolding thought and imagination for the learner. 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.
Download or read book Principles of Geology Vol 2 of 2 written by Charles Lyell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Principles of Geology, Vol. 2 of 2: Being an Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface Are Referable to Causes Now in Operation But it is still more remarkable, that in the more widely separated parts the ancient continent, notwithstanding the existence of an uninterrupted land communication, the diversity in the specific character of the respective vegetations is almost as striking. Thus there is found one assemblage of species in China, another in the countries bordering the Black Sea and the Caspian, a third in those surrounding the Mediterranean, a fourth in the great platforms of Siberia and Tartary, and so forth. The distinctness of the groups of indigenous plants, in the same paral lel of latitude, is greatest where continents are disjoined by a wide expanse of ocean. In the northern hemisphere, near the pole, where the extremities of Europe, Asia, and America unite or approach near to one another, a considerable number of the same species of plants are found, common to the three continents. But it has been remarked, that these plants, which are thus so widely diffused in the Arctic regions, are also found in the chain of the Aleutian islands, which stretch almost across from America to Asia, and which may probably have served as the chan nel of communication for the partial blending of the Floras of the adjoin ing regions. It has, indeed, been found to be a general rule, that plants found at two points very remote from each other, occur also in places intermediate. 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.
Download or read book Applied Geology Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by James Vincent Elsden and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Applied Geology, Vol. 1 Circumstances have made it necessary to publish the earlier chapters of this work separately, while the later portion is still appearing in the pages of the Quarry. To those who may read the following pages I would, therefore, point out that these preliminary chapters scarcely give an adequate idea of the scope of the completed work. The scarcity of books dealing with the practical side of geology has been long feI lay no claim to any originality, and have freely used all available sources of information as to the facts recorded in this volume. A more complete acknowledgment of these sources will be published at the conclusion of the work. 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.
Download or read book Elementary Geology Classic Reprint written by Edward Hitchcock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elementary Geology In this revision I have associated with me my youngest son, who has borne a large share in the work. As assist ant in the geological survey of Vermont, a large part of the last three years has been devoted by him to the study of the rocks in the mountains, and in writing out their de scriptions. Should it happen, as most likely it will, that this is the last revision of the work I shall ever make, and he should survive me, I trust he will be found fully com petent to keep the work up to the advancing state of the science, should the public call for its continued publication. 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.
Download or read book A Text Book of Geology Vol 1 written by Louis Valentine Pirsson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A d104-Book of Geology, Vol. 1: For Use in Universities Colleges, Schools of Science, Etc;, And for the General Reader Geology is essentially an historical science in that it continually seeks to determine the origin of things and the changes which they have experienced. The documents upon which the history is based are written in the rocks of the earth itself and the forms Of its surface features; they present a series Of incontrovertible records, and, if we would read this history, it is our part to learn to decipher the records correctly. Much of this has been done, but much also remains to be done; it is the aim of this work to present a general account of what has been accomplished. Many writers define Geology as a history Of the earth and its inhabitants, as Shown by the record in the rocks. 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.
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Download or read book A Comprehensive Geology Vol 1 written by Amadeus William Grabau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Comprehensive Geology, Vol. 1: General Geology The study of elastic rocks per se, treated in Chapter XVIII, may again be carried on in the laboratory during the simultaneous treat ment of the forces which produce them and the phenomena of weather ing, erosion, transportation, and deposition (chapters XV - XVII) in the classroom and field. Although I do not Suggest that these subjects be entirely ignored during the earlier part of the course, where the teacher may point out phenomena of weathering, stream and wave erosion, etc., especially during field exercises, I believe that systematic study is most satisfactorily deferred until non-clastic rocks, igneous phenom ena, and other forces which produce material from which clastic rocks may in the first place be derived, have been considered. Other teachers may not agree with me and they may find it desirable to transpose the chapters. I have endeavored so to arrange the chapters that little if anything will be lost in effectiveness by their transposition, and to this end I have given repeated cross references. Therefore if the teacher so desires, he may pass from Chapter III directly to Chapter XV, taking up the intervening chapters In any order he deems fit. I believe, however, that most teachers will agree with me that the broader subject of the sculpturing of the lands (chapters XXII - XXIII, the essentially physiographic chapters) are best treated after, not only the formation and original structural characters of the earth's crust, but also its deformations have been studied. Although metamorphism by Igneous contact has been treated in connection with the igneous phenomena, where it belongs, the main subject of metamorphism and metamorphic rocks (chapter XX) follows the treatment of deforma tions (chapter XIX) and may likewise be treated largely as a labo ratory text. 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.
Download or read book Principles of Geology Vol 1 of 2 written by Charles Lyell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Principles of Geology, Vol. 1 of 2: Or the Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, Considered as Illustrative of Geology I have followed the rule adopted in my First Volume of reprinting the Preface to the tenth edition, by which the reader will be directed to those numerous and important additions and corrections which I found necessary in con sequence of the progress of the science during the fifteen years which separated the ninth and tenth editions. Al though the pages after the first two hundred differ slightly in the present edition, they are not so much altered as to render it difficult to refer to them. I subjoin a list of the most important points on which I have introduced new information in the present edition. 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.
Download or read book Text Book of Geology Classic Reprint written by Archibald Geikie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Text-Book of Geology Ix the endeavour to keep this Text-book abreast of the onward progress of Geology in all departments of the science, I have subjected the present edition to a thorough re vision. By abridgm ent, where this was possible, space has been found for important additions, while by the adoption of a difi'erent type from that used in the first edition, the amount of information given has been largely increased without any serious augmentation of the bulk of the volume. I have been particularly careful to add greatly to the number of references to special sources of information, which are of so much service to the student who seeks to carry his studies beyond the limits of a mere text-book. In the revision, I have derived assistance from several friends, to whom I desire to record my obligations, especially to Professor Bonney, Professor T. Rupert Jones, and Mr. W. Topley. 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.
