Results Of An Examination Of Syrian Molluscan Fossils Chiefly From The Range Of Mount Lebanon

Author : Charles E. Hamlin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330283677
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Results of an Examination of Syrian Molluscan Fossils, Vol. 10 written by Charles E. Hamlin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Results of an Examination of Syrian Molluscan Fossils, Vol. 10: Chiefly From the Range of Mount Lebanon By the favor of Rev. Selah Merrill, D.D., during the years 1875-77 Archaeologist of the American Palestine Exploration Society, and now United States Consul at Jerusalem, the Museum of Comparative Zoology has recently become possessed of two small collections of Syrian molluscan fossils. chiefly from the range of Mount Lebanon. The one was made by Dr. Merrill himself, while prosecuting his work of exploration; the other, by Mrs. Bird, wife of Rev. William Bird, a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, who with his family has been for many years stationed at Abeih, fifteen miles southeast of Beirut and among the mountains. As a large proportion of these fossils belong to species hitherto undescribed, and as others, of species already named, are better specimens of the same than those which were the basis of the original figures and descriptions, it has seemed desirable that the collections should be studied, and the results of the examination published. Among the stores of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a third small collection of fossil shells has been found, which is understood to be from " Lebanon," and to have been forwarded, perhaps presented, in 1866, by Rev. W. M. Thomson, D.D., author of the well-known work, "The Land and the Book," - for more than thirty years missionary in Syria, and at the date specified acting United States Consul at Beirut. The material for investigation thus furnished has been increased, through the kindness of the officers of the Congregational House in Boston, by the loan of some interesting specimens, labelled "Mount Lebanon," which are preserved in the Museum of the American Board. Unfortunately, however, as is usual with collections made by other than experienced or professional hands, notes are wanting of the exact localities with a few exceptions, and of the nature and position of the strata without exception, from which the fossils of the several lots were taken. This deficiency renders it necessary to state here how far the localities represented by the different collections can be identified. 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.