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Excerpt from Open-Air Studies: An Introduction to Geology Out-of-DoorsBoys could not have A more alluring introduction to scientific pursuits than these charming-looking volumes. - Letter to the Publishers from the Headmaster of one of our great Public Schools.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical wo...

Excerpt from Scenery and Geology in County Antrim As we said at the outset, man now desires to know he enquires about the inhabitants of a country, about their history, their antiquities, their art. The fascination of such subjects has led thousands of travellers to Venice, to Florence, and to Rome 5 and they have crossed the Alps with scarcely a suspicion that the most wonderful, the most far-reaching history of all lay written in the rocks ...

Excerpt from Scenery and Geology in County Antrim As we said at the outset, man now desires to know he enquires about the inhabitants of a country, about their history, their antiquities, their art. The fascination of such subjects has led thousands of travellers to Venice, to Florence, and to Rome 5 and they have crossed the Alps with scarcely a suspicion that the most wonderful, the most far-reaching history of all lay written in the rocks ...

The Gypsy Road - A Journey From Krakow to Coblentz is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. ...

Excerpt from Open-Air Studies: An Introduction to Geology Out-of-Doors In 1895, in the preface to the first edition of this little book, I sought to excuse its imperfect mode of treatment of a wide and impressive subject. Some slight knowledge of chemistry and physics may happily be presupposed, and the first chapter is chiefly intended as a reminder of what may be learnt in school. The main part of the book, however, is addressed to those wh...