The Medals Of Creation Or First Lessons In Geology And In The Study Of Organic Remains

Author : Gideon Algernon Mantell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656459940
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book The Medals of Creation, Or First Lessons in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Gideon Algernon Mantell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Medals of Creation, or First Lessons in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing Fossil Vegetables, Zoophytes, Echinoderms, and Molluscs With this conviction the present volumes are Offered, with such modifications of the original plan as circumstances have rendered necessary, as a guide for the Student and the Amateur Collector of fossil remains; for the intelligent Observer who may desire to possess a general knowledge of the subject, without intending to pursue Geology as a science; and for the Tourist who may wish, in the course of his travels, to employ profitably a leisure hour in quest of those interesting memorials Of the ancient physical revolutions of our globe, which he will find everywhere presented to his observation. 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.