The Student's Elements of Geology
The Student's Elements of Geology
by Charles Lyell
17 Nov, 2018
A Manual of Elementary Geology is a classic geology textbook by Charles Lyell. In consequence of the rapid sale of the third edition of the "Manual," of which 2000 copies were printed in January last, a new edition has been called for in less than a
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A Manual of Elementary Geology is a classic geology textbook by Charles Lyell. In consequence of the rapid sale of the third edition of the "Manual," of which 2000 copies were printed in January last, a new edition has been called for in less than a twelvemonth. Even in this short interval some new facts of unusual importance in paleontology have come to light, or have been verified for the first time. Instead of introducing these new discoveries into the body of the work, which would render them inaccessible to the purchasers of the former edition, I have given them in a postscript to this Preface (printed and sold separately), and have pointed out at the same time their bearing on certain questions of the highest theoretical interest. Less