FOOTNOTES
1 This, and all other technical terms used, will be explained in an alphabetical glossary at the end of the book.
2 “Canal and River Engineering,” p. 315.
3 See, Geikie’s “Text Book of Geology,” 1882, p. 72.
4 Information on this subject will be found in Mr. J. H. Collins’ work, “The Hensbarrow Granite District.” Truro, 1878.
5 “Text Book of Geology,” 1882, p. 85.
6 “Aids in Practical Geology,” 1893, page 36.
7 See E. S. Dana, “Minerals and How to Study Them,” 1895, p. 154.
8 Consult “Applications of Geology,” etc., by Prof. Ansted, 1865, p. 116, et seq.
9 “Industrial Resources of the Tyne, Wear and Tees,” 1864, p. 204.
10 R. H. Scott, “Elementary Meteorology,” 1883, p. 137.
11 Report of British Association for 1846, Part II., p. 17.
12 Geological Magazine, N.S., Dec. III., Vol. V, 1888, pp. 26 et seq.
13 Such as “The Study of Rocks,” by F. Rutley: “Aids in Practical Geology,” by Prof. Grenville Cole; “Tables for the Determination of the Rock-forming Minerals,” by Prof. Lœwinson Lessing; “Petrology for Students,” by A. Harker; and especially “Microscopic Physiography of the Rockmaking Minerals,” by Rosenbusch (transl. Iddings).
14 Consult the works on petrology previously mentioned.
15 The mode of preparation of thin rock sections for examination by the microscope is described in much detail in the works of Mr. Rutley and Professor Cole previously alluded to; also in “Outlines of Field Geology,” by Sir Archibald Geikie, 1882, p. 202 et seq.
16 16th Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. (1894–95), pt. IV., p. 532.
17 16th Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. (1894–95), pt. IV., p. 539.
18 “Testing of Materials of Construction,” 1888, p. 438.
19 British Clayworker, April, 1896, Supplement, p. iv.
20 Op. cit. p. iv.
21 16th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Pt. IV., 1895, p. 532.
22 Engineering News (U.S.), Dec. 13th, 1894.