Author: Henry Alleyne Nicholson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780282907952

Excerpt from Text-Book of Geology: For Schools and Colleges Tm: object of the present work is to present to the learner the leading principles and facts of geological science in as brief a compass as is compatible with clearness and accuracy. N 0 science stands less alone, or is less independent of the other sciences, than Geology. Its foundation, as a science, is upon Physical Geography, and this subject has, therefore, been treated in the earlier portion of this work as fully as space would allow. N o adequate knowledge, again, of the facts and generalizations of Palaeontology can be acquired without some previous acquaintance with Zoology and Botany, the former more especially. A brief outline of the classification of the animal kingdom has, therefore, been here introduced; but the progress of the learner would be much facilitated by a more extensive study of Natural History than can possibly be presented in a work primarily devoted to Geology. 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.