Geological papers on western India, including Cutch, Sinde and the south-east coast of Arabia : to which is appended a summary of the geology of India generally / edited for the Government by Henry J. Carter.

Date:
1857
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Geological papers on western India, including Cutch, Sinde and the south-east coast of Arabia : to which is appended a summary of the geology of India generally / edited for the Government by Henry J. Carter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of what appears in other parts of the volume, abstracts have been made; and of the few which have not been printed at all, whatever they contain worth remembering is embodied in the papers which have been printed in extenso. So that with the exception of this matter, altogether only amounting to a few pages, the book comprises all that has been written on the subject, and therefore all that the Geologist of Western India can at present obtain, to lead to future discovery. It must not be thought, however, that this compilation embraces an introduction to geology ; this the reader must have already acquired before he can even understand its contents ; nor must the Economist expect to find all that information here which he desires, for such detail would be incompatible with the object of the work; but both will find in it reason based on a geological knowledge of the structure of the earth in India, or, in other words, scientific Indian Geology ; a light which, though dim at present, will brighten as it is used, and at length lead to that development of mineral resources which the mere Economist would grope for in the dark, without finding, to the end of time. All the papers reprinted in extenso are unaltered from their origi- nal form, with the exception of those by the Rev. Messrs. Hislop and Hunter, and those by the Editor. The former of which have received several valuable alterations and additions from the Rev. Mr. Hislop; and the latter have not only been re-cast in many parts, but have undergone as much alteration, addition, and correction throughout as the Editor had time to give them while they have been rapidly passing through the press. To the Editor’s “ Summary of the Geology of India,” which was included in the Government list, and has therefore been printed at the end of the volume, the Editor has only been able to add “ Foot- notes” suggestive of the future alterations that should be made in it; being unable to devote that time to a re-arrangement of the whole which such alterations would necessitate. Further, that the compilation might be made as useful as possible, not only the maps and plates belonging to most of the papers have been lithographed to accompany them in the form of a separate Atlas, but the Editor has also added an Alphabetical Index for reference to their contents generally.