The Wonders of Geology, or a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Vol. 2 of 2

Excerpt from The Wonders of Geology, or a Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Vol. 2 of 2Siluria. Last, not least, we must particularly notice the disentanglement of the ravelled clue to a clear knowledge of the relations of the rocks of Sutherlandshire, where Mr. Peach's late discovery of an important set of fossils in a band of altered limestone has enabled Sir R. Murchison to bring to their true bearings the observations made in this locality by himself and others, and not only to rectify errors and to disperse the obscurity which covered the geological history of the North-western Highlands of Scotland, but to place enormous masses of the stratified rocks of this region into their right places in the geological scale, and in relation with their equivalent formations in Scandinavia, Canada, Wales, and elsewhere.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.