The Problem Of Volcanism Classic Reprint

Author : T. G. Bonney
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331367652
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Volcanoes written by T. G. Bonney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Volcanoes: Their Structure and Significance The plan which I have adopted has occasionally brought about some slight repetition. From this I have not shrunk, for the average reader prefers, I think, reading on continuously, to turning back in order to refresh his memory. This plan also has obliged me occasionally to use a somewhat technical term before I have reached the place where it would naturally be explained. That difficulty I have tried to overcome by the aid of a short glossary. If I were writing a formal text-book, I should begin with a number of definitions; but when these come first, they prove anything but a whet to the appetite of the ordinary reader, even if scientifically inclined, and such a one it is whom I have kept in view. In his interest I have avoided, as far as possible, all technical terms. Indeed, I must ask critics to remember that my aim in writing has not been the examination-room. They will, I fear, detect mistakes; for these I ask pardon in advance. Humanum est errare, both in authors and in printers. They will doubtless be able to suggest improvements. That these might be made I am fully conscious, for I am an unnatural father, and when my literary offspring go forth into the world, I feel little disposition to dismiss them with a blessing. Turning, in conclusion, to a more grateful task, I have to express my thanks to friends for aid of various kinds. To the Rev. E. Hill for kindly reading the proof of the last chapter, and making valuable sugges tions thereon; to Professor Judd, on whose book I have more than once freely drawn; to the Council of the Royal Society for Figures 4. And 5; to that of the Geological Society for those of 8, 9, and 17; to Messrs. Cassell for Figures I and 3, which appeared in T lie Story of our Planet; and to Sir A. Geikie for kindly lending me Figures 13 and 15, which came from his Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain. I have to thank my old pupil, Mr. A. S. Reid, for the photograph which has been reproduced on Plate XII., and am deeply indebted to Dr. Tempest Anderson for those which appear on Plates VIII IX., and X. His collection of photographic studies, taken with his own hand, of volcanic phenomena, is, I believe, unequalled in Britain, and I hope some day he will publish a selection of them, with a descriptive text. 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.