The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2: First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic Remains — John Shaqi
The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2: First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic RemainsMantell, Gideon Algernon
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The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2: First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic Remains
Mantell, Gideon Algernon
Geology -- England -- Guidebooks; Paleontology
I. Dr. Buckland's _Bridgewater Treatise_: 2 vols. 8vo.--These volumes
contain numerous excellent figures of organic remains; and as the work
is, or ought to be, found in every good public or private library in
the kingdom, it will be accessible to most of my readers.
II. _The Wonders of Geology, or a Familiar Exposition of Geological
Phenomena_; _sixth_ edition, in two vols, with coloured plates, and
numerous figures; by the Author. Price 18_s._--This work is designed
to afford a general view of Geological phenomena, divested as much as
possible of scientific language: it is illustrated by numerous figures
of organic remains.
III. _Geological Excursions round the Isle of Wight and along the
adjacent Coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire._ One volume, richly
illustrated. By the Author. Price 12_s._
IV. _Petrifactions and their Teachings; or a Hand-book to the Gallery
of Organic Remains in the British Museum._ One vol. with many original
figures of the most interesting objects. By the Author.[7] Price 5_s._
[7] The three works above named consist of four volumes uniform with
the present edition of the "Medals of Creation:" this series of six
volumes comprises the popular geological works of the Author.
V. _A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains;_ consisting of Coloured
Illustrations selected from "Parkinson's Organic Remains of a Former
World," and Artis' "Antediluvian Phytology." 1 vol. 4to. with
seventy-four coloured plates, and several lignographs, containing
nearly 900 figures of fossils. By the Author. Price 2_l._ 2_s._
To the above may be added Dana's _Mineralogy_, which treats of the
various mineral substances that enter into the composition of the rocks
and strata in which the fossil remains are imbedded.
A good geological map of Great Britain is indispensable. The small
map published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,
edited by Sir R. Murchison, price 5_s._, is an excellent compendium;
but Mr. Knipe's large "_Geological Map of the British Isles_" is the
most complete and convenient for the traveller: price 3_l._ 3_s._ By
reference to the map, the geological structure, and the prevailing
fossils of a district, may be ascertained.
The above works are referred to as follows: viz.
_Bd._ Dr. Buckland's Treatise.
_Wond._ The Wonders of Geology.
_Geol. I. of W._ Geology of the Isle of Wight.
_Petrifactions._ Petrifactions and their Teachings.
_Pict. Atlas._ Pictorial Atlas of Organic Remains.
The following works, to which reference will often be made, are thus
denoted:--
_Foss. Flor._ The Fossil Flora of Great Britain, by Dr. Lindley, and
W. Hutton, Esq. 3 vols. 8vo.
_Vég. Foss._ Histoire des Végétans: Fossiles, par M. Adolphe
Brongniart. 1 vol. 4 to.
_Geol. Trans._ Transactions of the Geological Society of London. 5
vols. 4to.; and New Series, in 5 vols.
_Geol. Proc._ Geological Proceedings.
_---- Journ._ ---------- Quarterly Journal.
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