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A popular survey of geological science explaining how the planet's shape and surface have been moulded by weathering, rivers, seas, ice, earthquakes, volcanism, and rock-forming processes. It follows earth history from early formation through successive geological periods, uses fossil evidence to describe prehistoric animal life in reptilian and mammalian eras, and explains how coal beds and chalk deposits formed. The text also examines the causes and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes, considers the Ice Age and its legacies, and concludes with the emergence of humans within the geological record.
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Page 19, line 9. For "Sir Thomas Holdich," read "Sir Thomas Holditch."
Page 25, line 17. Read, "they are always, as it were, imperceptibly quivering; and they are always liable, if the strain on them should be increased in the slightest degree, to give way, or to resettle the weight on their shoulders in some way."
Page 29, line 11. For "a greasy spot," read "a greasy shot."
Page 35, line 5. For "evidence," read "existence."