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Excerpt from Catalogue of Temporary Museum: Held at the Geological Society, Burlington House No attempt has been made to classify the descriptions given in the Catalogue, since to have done so would have made it necessary to delay printing until all the manuscript was in hand. The arrangement in the Catalogue is simply according to the order in which the descriptions were received from the several exhibitors. In the Museum itself, classification has been attempted as far as practicable, and letters at the side are given in the Catalogue, which will aid in the finding of Specimens in special groups. This classification is, however, far from complete and if in some instances difficulty should be encountered in identifying specimens, the excuse must be found in the great haste with which the Collection has been got together, and the Catalogue pushed through the press. Not a few valuable specimens and drawings will be found in the Museum, which are not in the Catalogue at all. For these omissions the responsibility rests solely with the exhibitors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.