Geology Books
Gleanings from the Note-book of a Field Geologist
Sir Archibald GeikieThose who have had experience of field-geology, know how vain it is to attempt to compress into a page or two the results of years, and that a few vague general directions are about the utmost that ca..
The Strange Adventures of a Pebble
Hallam HawksworthThe relation of this book to the formal study of physiography or geology in the schools will be apparent. The classified and exhaustive treatment of the text-book, while so admirably adapted to organi..
Researches on the Visual Organs of the Trilobites
Gustaf LindstromBefore proceeding further I shall give a general representation of the shape of the hypostoma. This enigmatic part of the trilobite skeleton resembles as to its outline a heraldic shield being broad a..
Relics of Primeval Life
Sir J. William DawsonIn 1875 he endeavoured to sum up in a popular form what was then known, in a little volume named "The Dawn of Life," which has long been out of print; and in 1893 the matter was referred to in a chapt..
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth
John PlayfairIt is foreign from the present purpose to enter on any history of the systems that, since the rise of this branch of science, have been invented to explain the phenomena of the mineral kingdom. It is ..
The Foot-prints of the Creator
Hugh MillerThe geological works of Hugh Miller have excited the greatest interest, not only among scientific men, but also among general readers. There is in them a freshness of conception, a power of argumentat..
Rocks and Their Origins
Grenville A. J. ColeThe description of rocks has fallen very much into the hands of lovers of analysis and classification, and attention has been diverted, even among geologists, from their fundamental importance as part..