Research Catalog

Title

The wonders of geology / by the author of Peter Parley's tales.

Author

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

Publication

Boston : George C. Rand, Cornhill, Wm. J. Reynolds, 1852, c1843.

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Description

iv, 291 p. : ill.; 17 cm.

Subject

Geology

Note

• On spine: Cabinet library.
• Added title page, illustrated.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: History of the science -- Uses of geology -- Astronomical view of the earth -- Physical structure of the earth -- Definitions of geology -- Classification of rocks -- Changes of the earth's surface -- Descriptive geology: Stratified rocks -- Alluvium -- Diluvium or drift -- Tertiary formation -- Secondary rocks -- Primary stratified rocks -- Primary unstratified rocks -- Organic remains: Orgaic remains of the secondary formation -Miscellaneous notes on organic remains -- Rocks composed wholly or in part of animal remains -- Mutations of the earth's surface: Aqueous agencies -- Vegetable agency -- Agency of man and other animals -- Chemical agencies -- Igneous agencies -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Elevations and depressions without earthquakes -- Causes of volcanoes and earthquakes -- Changes of climates upon the globe -- General view: Inferences.-Marks of design in the geological changes of the earth's surface -- Unity of design -- Proofs of creation -- Geology in reference to the scripture history of the creation.

OCLC

10096833

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library