Second Report On The Geology Of The State Of Maine

Author : Charles T. Jackson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391614502
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Second Report on the Geology of the State of Maine, 1838 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles T. Jackson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Second Report on the Geology of the State of Maine, 1838 Few subjects have, for many years, more strongly excited public attention, than the Science of Geology; and we may justly attribute this general interest to the improved condition of the science, and its numerous applications to useful purposes. Formerly, rude conjectures, imaginary hypotheses, and vague theories, which naturally arose from an imperfect knowledge of the subject, owing to the imperfections of the collateral branch es of Natural History, caused many intelligent persons to con sider the whole science as uncertain and chimerical. This state of things has, however, been succeeded by more sound and perfect knowledge, and no longer is Geology reproached with being merely visionary and speculative. It has now assumed the rank of an accurate and certain science, adapted to the physical and intellectual wants of an enlightened community - revealing to us the situations in which are found our valuable metallic ores, quarries of building. Mate rials, beds of limestone, and a thousand other articles of daily use. It traces out the precise situation in which we may ex pect to find fossil coal, and gives us a knowledge of the means of making rational explorations for that valuable combustible. Soils being mainly composed of the detritus of rocks, and those materials having been spread out on the surface of the globe, in conformity to regular geological laws, a just knowledge of their mineral components, and their order of distribution, serves to direct the farmer in the selection of his farm, and the cultivation of the earth. It would be easy to trace out many other good results, which are attainable by this science, but so general has now become a knowledge of the subject, that it will be unnecessary for me to enter into minute details. 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.