Author: Ebenezer Emmons

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780656124725

Excerpt from American Geology, Vol. 1: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science, With Full Illustrations of the Characteristics American Fossils, With an Atlas and a Geological Map of the United States In the first part I have stated, as it seems to me, the most important principles of geology, and have attempted to apply them in an explanation of phenomena which belong to the primitive crust, composed as it is of the pyrocrystalline s formations, and also to the business of mining. 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.