Sketch-book of popular geology : being a series of lectures delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh / by Hugh Miller / with an introductory résumé of the progress of geological science within the last two years, by Mrs. Miller.

  • Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Sketch-book of popular geology : being a series of lectures delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh / by Hugh Miller / with an introductory résumé of the progress of geological science within the last two years, by Mrs. Miller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Three Distinct Formations—Their Vegetable Organisms—The Caithness Flagstones, how formed—The Fauna of tbe Old Red Sandstone—The Pterichthys of the Upper or Newest Formation —The Cephalaspis of the Lower Formation—The Middle Forma- tion the most abundant in Organic Remains—Destruction of Ani- mal Life in the Formation sudden and violent—The Asterolepis and Coccosteus—The Silurian the Oldest of the Geologic Systems —That in which Animal and Vegetable Life had their earliest beginnings—The Theologians and Geologists on the Antiquity of the Globe—Extent of the Silurian System in Scotland—The Classic Scenery of the Country situated on it—Comparatively Poor in Animal and Vegetable Organisms—The Unfossiliferous Primary Rocks of Scotland—Its Highland Scenery formed of them—De- scription of Glencoe—Other Highland Scenery glanced at—Pro- bable Depth of the Primary Stratified Rocks of Scotland—How deposited—Speculations of Philosophers regarding the Processes to which the Earth owes its present Form—The Author’s Views on the subject. ------ 194-239