A Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology: With an Explanatory Introduction

Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils in the Museum of Practical With an Explanatory IntroductionNow it is clear that, if the fossils contained in the rocks constituting the surface in every district of Great Britain had been examined, it would be possible, by colouring a map of these islands, in such a manner that all those parts whose fossils indicated their inferiority to the carboniferous formation should be blue, and all those which lay above it should be red, to indicate at once to the miner where his search for coal might possibly be successful, and where it must necessarily fail. And furthermore, if the fossils on which the colouring was based were placed in a Museum for public inspection, it would be Open to every one to examine for himself the evidence on which the map stood, and to satisfy himself of. The accuracy of this part. Of the work of the surveyors.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.