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Title: Geological facts; or, the crust of the earth, what it is, and what are its uses

Author: W. G. Barrett

Release date: November 12, 2023 [eBook #72100]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Arthur Hall, Virtue, & co, 1855

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BASALTIC COLUMNS AT REGIA, IN MEXICO

GEOLOGICAL FACTS;
OR,
THE CRUST OF THE EARTH,
WHAT IT IS,
AND WHAT ARE ITS USES.

BY
THE REV. W. G. BARRETT,
ROYSTON.

“There is in this universe a stair, or manifest scale of creatures, rising not disorderly nor in confusion, but with a comely method and proportion.”—Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, 1642.

LONDON:
ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE, & CO.
25, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1855.
LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL