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The Elements of Geology Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges by Loomis

The Elements of Geology Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges by Loomis

The Elements of Geology Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges by Loomis

A sufficient number of leading facts has been introduced to enable the learner to feel that every important principle is a conclusion to which he has himself arrived; and yet, for the purpose of compression, that fullness of detail has been avoided with which more extended works abound. In furtherance of the same object, authorities are seldom cited.

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