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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1902, Vol. 18The privileges of Membership include admission (with one Guest) to the Ordinary monthly Meetings of the Society, and the use of the Library and map-room. Non-resident Members may borrow books from the Library, but they must defray the cost of transit both ways. Each Member is entitled to receive, free by post, the Scottish Geo graphical Magazine, which is published monthly by the So...

Excerpt from Earth Sculpture: Or the Origin of Land-FormsFormes o'u Terrain - an admirable and well illustrated work, descriptive of the geological origin of land forms.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 work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, pres...

Excerpt from The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1891, Vol. 7Methods and Processes of the Ordnance Survey. By Colonel Sir Charles Wilson, director-general of the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom. (with Maps)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 work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technol...

Excerpt from The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1909, Vol. 25The privileges Of Membership include admission (with one Guest) to the Ordinary monthly Meetings of the Society, and the use Of the Library and Map - Room. Non-resident Members may borrow books from the Library, but they must defray the cost Of transit both ways. Each Member is entitled to receive, free by post, the Scottish Geo graphical Magazine, which is published monthly by the ...

Excerpt from Mountains: Their Origin, Growth and DecayThe many technical terms employed by specialists have been as far as possible avoided, but it is not always easy or even desirable to do without them. Those introduced, however, are explained either in the text or in the accompanying glossary. For convenience of reference, indeed, the explanations given in the text are usually repeated, with or without additional detail, in the glossary.Abo...

Excerpt from The Great Ice Age and Its Relations to the Antiquity of ManBumpe, ' yet the general position maintained is the same. It has become increasingly evident that during the Glacial Period cold and genial conditions alternated, and that Man then lived in Europe.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 histo...

Excerpt from Geology2. The other purpose of the Manuals is, to serve as text-books IN schools. The mode of treatment naturally adopted in what is to be studied without a teacher, so far from being a drawback in a school-manual, will, it is believed, be a positive advantage. Instead of a number of abrupt statements being presented, to be taken on.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...

Excerpt from The Great Ice Age and Its Relations to the Antiquity of ManElusions to which a study of those results has led me. It is hardly necessary to do more than indicate very generally in what respects the present differs from the preceding edition. I may mention that the chapters dealing with the phenomena of existing glacial action in Alpine and Arctic regions have been carefully touched up, and the glacial geology of Scotland has likew...

Excerpt from Geology2. The other purpose of the Manuals is, to serve as text-books IN schools. The mode of treatment naturally adopted in what is to be studied without a teacher, so far from being a drawback in a school-manual, will, it is believed, be a positive advantage. Instead of a number of abrupt statements being presented, to be taken on.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...

Excerpt from GeologyStructure and arrangement OF rock-msw Stratification, &c., Mud-cracks and Rain-prints, Succession Of Strata, Extent Of Beds, Sequence Of Beds - Joints, Cleavage, Foliation Concretions Inclination of Strata, Contemporaneous Erosion.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 work. Forgot...

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Excerpt from Structural and Field Geology: For Students of Pure and Applied Science Enough to supply me with the photograph reproduced on Plate XXXI as well as with others which only the limited scope. 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 ...

Excerpt from The Antiquity of Man in Europe: Being the Munro Lectures, 1913 Corresponding Member of Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Natural History Society, Boston, etc. 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 reconstr...

Excerpt from Fragments of Earth Lore: Sketches Addresses, Geological and GeographicalThe articles in this volume deal chie¿y with the history of Glacial times and the origin of surface-features. As they were not written with any view to their subsequent appear ance in a collected form, each is so far independent and complete in itself. Under these circumstances some repeti tion was unavoidable, if the articles were not to be recast, and I did ...

Excerpt from The Great Ice Man: And Its Relation to the Antiquity of ManPointed out that the sub-aerial beds of the English Channel districts were the equivalents of the glacial deposits elsewhere, and that the broad alluvia of our more southerly rivers, such as the Severn, the Fal, the Dart, and the Thames, belong to a period prior to the great submergence, during which the high-level marine drifts of Wales were accumulated. In other words he...

About the Book Books about Earth Sciences consider aspects of the planet Earth's physical composition and atmosphere, including study of geology, the Earth's interior, its oceans and atmosphere. Titles include: A first book in geology: designed for the use of beginners, A Text-Book of Mining Geology for the Use of Mining Students and Miners, A Tract on Crystallography, A Text-Book of Important Minerals and Rocks: With Tables for the Determinat...

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