Books with author Jay H. Smith

Another adventure featuring Burt the bunyip. Burt has lived in Rosella Creek with the First People for forty thousand years. Now there are new people. They have strange ways and Burt has set himself the task to learn all about them. The new people grow roses. Burt is curious about why they would do that. He thinks he knows, but he discovers that things are never quite what they seem.

Astronomy and Geology, is acknowledged by every one. Few, however, find sufficient leisure to bestow upon these subjects much attention. They look upon the ponderous tomes which men of science have from time to time prepared, with a sort of indifference, as too learned for them. And yet, show any of these, a curious star in the heavens ;tell them of the wonders revealed by the telescope; exhibit to them, the impression of a fish in sandstone, or chalk; or show them through a microscope, the curious and distinctive structure of fossil teeth, or the infusoria in a fragment of flint; and they will give willing attention. Since, then the subjects themselves are so interesting, so profitable, and withal harmless, we have endeavored with what success will hereafter appear to supply a desideratum long felt. The object of the present volume is to present in a popular manner, so much of A stronomy, Meteorology, and Geology, as seemed desirable for everyone to know. While no pretensions are made to scientific accuracy, yet it is believed that the book will be found worthy of an attentive perusal. There is little to be gained by merely glancing here and there at a page; the knowledge thus obtained, if any, will be small, and soon lost. The attentive reader will, if the book be worth perusing at all, find sufficient to amply repay for the time thus spent. It should hardly be necessary for any one at this late day, to offer an apology in behalf of Geological studies, because of the fancied contradictions to theM osaic chronology. Writers on this subject heretofore, have spent no little pains, in what we may well term, endeavoring to make darkness visible. So apologies were once offered fof A stronomy, when that noble science taught the diurnal and annual motions of the earth.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of his

Excerpt from The World: Or First Lessons in Astronomy and Geology, in Connetion With the Present and Past Condition of Our GlobeThe importance of the sciences of Astronomy and Geology, is acknowledged by every one. Few, however, find sufficient leisure to bestow upon these subjects much attention. They look upon the ponderous tomes which men of science have from lime to time prepared, with a sort of indifference, as too learned for thorn. And vet, show any of these, a curious star in the heavens; tell them of tho wonders revealed by the telescope; exhibit to them, the impression of a fish in sandstone, or chalk; or show them through a microscope, tho curious and distinctive structure of fossil teeth, or the infusoria in a fragment of Hint; and they will give willing attention. Since, then, the subjects themselves are so interesting, so profitable, and withal harmless, we have endeavored - with what success will hereafter appear - to supply a desideratum long felt. Tho object of the present volume is to present in a popular manner, so much of Astronomy, Meteorology, and Geology, as seemed desirable for everyone to know. While no pretensions are made to scientific accuracy, yet it is believed that tho book will be found worthy of an attentive perusal. There is little to be gained by merely glancing here and there at a page; the knowledge thus obtained, if any, will be small, and soon lost. Tho attentive reader will, if the book be worth perusing at all, find sufficient to amply repay for the time thus spent. It should hardly be necessary for any one at this late day, to offer an apology in behalf of Geological studies, because of the fancied contradictions to the Mosaic chronology. Writers on this subject heretofore, have spent no little pains, in what we may well term, endeavoring to "make darkness visible." So apologies were once offered for Astronomy, when that noble science taught the diurnal and annual motions of the earth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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