Library of 19th Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology

HMS Challenger

MANUAL OF GEOLOGY

TREATING OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SCIENCE
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AMERICAN
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY




BY

JAMES D. DANA

PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY IN YALE UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY; CORALS AND CORAL ISLANDS; VOLCANOES; REPORTS OF "WILKES'S EXPLORING EXPEDITION, ON GEOLOGY, ON ZO¨OPHYTES, AND ON CRUSTACEA, ETC.



"Speak to the Earth and it shall teach thee."



ILLUSTRATED BY OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE FIGURES IN THE TEXT, AND TWO DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS.





FOURTH EDITION

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
1896

This document is available in two forms:

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(3) PDF (complete -- 429 Mb)


1088 pages, illustrated with 1570 figures.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from the original document.

October, 2005.

Copyright © 2005 by Dr. David C. Bossard.  All rights reserved.