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OverviewExcerpt from The Magazine of Popular Science, Vol. 2: And Journal of the Useful Arts Required for its formation. She then conducts us through a vast series of similar sub-marine deposits five or six miles in depth (how exposed to our view will be explained hereafter) abounding with the remains of plants and animals, and containing, not only the relics of successive generations of individuals, but of successively created races, each group of strata having its peculiar group of organic remains. She unfolds, page after page of this great book, this wondrous record of the changes our earth has undergone, and Of the tribes of beings by which it has been peopled during a series of periods, of long but unknown duration, before it was inhabited by man. She first leads us to those formations now in progress in which he and his works are imbedded, together with the remains of this contemporary species of plants and animals. This page of the world's history is soon read. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Unknown AuthorPublisher: Forgotten Books Imprint: Forgotten Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.689kg ISBN: 9781334032387ISBN 10: 1334032386 Pages: 522 Publication Date: 13 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In stock Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |