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Excerpt from Proceedings, 1928, Vol. 3 The balance of the mineralogist and his goniometer have, during those last fifty years, been sadly ignored and over looked by the geologist, who is ever and anon boasting that he studies in the field, and has no faith in the teachings of mere hand specimens in the closet. That this is true, I quote from the first line of the first chapter of the last, and certainly the best book lately published on the subject, namely, J ukes' Manual of Geology, where he states, Lithology, or the study of the mineral structure of rocks, is based on 'mineralogy. In order to understand litho logy, however, eu acquaintance with mineralogy in general, though always useful, is by no means necessary, since the minerals which enter into the composition of rocks are very few compared with the whole number of minerals. But as regards these few minerals, it is their chemical compo sitiou, still more than their physical characters, which we have to regard in their lithological relations. It is there fore absolutely necessary to understand so much of che mical nomenclature and chemical laws, as shall enable us clearly to comprehend the precise meaning of this chemical composition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

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