Elementary Geology

Book

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Elementary Geology

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2600

Description

This book is about geology. It covers the geological construction of the Earth, the chemistry and minerology of geology, the different types of rock and how the earth and atmosphere affect it, and the connection between geology and natural and revealed religion. There is also a section on the history of geology. It includes drawings and graphs to illustrate the author's meanings. Physical Description: Plain yellow hard cover

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mountains, Geology, Topographic maps, History, Minerals, Lithographic stones, Paleontology

Search Terms

ReligionStratified rocks, Unstratified rocks, Minerology

Book Details

Author

Hitchcock, Edward, New Edition with Introductory Notice by John Pye Smith

Edition

3rd

Publisher

Mark H Newman & Co.

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Condition

Notes

09/26/2012- MS- Cover is very worn and bears water and other stains and is faded around the edges. Front cover is barely attched and the binding is very worn and broken/ breaking.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Written inside front: Dursilla (?) A. Eastman 1851 Written inside back: [illegible] taken from a cut in the Vermont Central railroad at Sharon, VT. Slateston(?) found in the hills of E Vermont. Lead ore at Lyme, NH Mr. Adams