First Book in Geology: Designed for the Use of Beginners (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

N. S. Shaler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265182271 ISBN 13: 9780265182277

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from First Book in Geology: Designed for the Use of Beginners

The greatest and most easily seen of these agents is water, therefore the book begins witha study of water in its most simple mode of action. Next, the action of heat, in its various ways of working, should command the stu dent's attention. Finally, the animal and vegetable life of the earth, whose forces come mainly from the action of heat, receive some attention.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0265182271
• ISBN 13: 9780265182277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 292