Author : Natural History Society of Ne Brunswick
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332329826
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1898 (Classic Reprint) by : Natural History Society of Ne Brunswick
Download or read book Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1898 (Classic Reprint) written by Natural History Society of Ne Brunswick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1898 It will appear, from what has now been stated, that the life of Dr. Robb, though it has left but few records in the form of published contributions to knowledge, was a very busy one, and exerted a very extended influence upon the progress of intellectual and scientific development in New Brunswick. In estimating the results of his labours we must, as with Gesner, bear in mind the fact that science in that day was, in many of its branches, and especially in geology, in its early infancy. Dr. Robb's isolated posit-ion, as has been said, also made it difficult for him to know what was being done in the way of investigation elsewhere. And, finally, the facilities for travel in the Province were far inferior to such as exist at present. Of railways there was only one, that of St. Andrews, and, speaking of the proposed construction of another, he remarks, There is great talk of railways at present (this was in but I am doubtful. Unless there be a federal union of the provinces, I doubt whether the great line from Halifax to Quebec would pay. 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.