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Excerpt from Elements of Geology: A d104-Book for Colleges and for the General Reader IN preparing this revision of my Elements of Geology, my endeavor has been, while retaining the general plan, to make such changes and additions as were rendered necessary by the rapid ad vance of geological science, especially in this country. In Part I. The most important changes are the addition of Croll's and Thomson's theories of glacier motion, and some modifications of statement concerning the origin of the Peninsula of Florida. 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.