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Excerpt from The Nomenclature of Petrology: With References to Selected Literature Some years ago I began the compilation of a card-catalogue of petrographic and associated terms, for the use of students in the Geological Department of the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Each card gave a brief description of the meaning (or meanings) of the term to which it was devoted, together with references to those papers on the subject which were available in the departmental library of the College, a library which, thanks to the collections made by the late Professor J. W. Judd and others, is unusually rich in author's separates. As the catalogue grew, its general usefulness became apparent; and a series of suggestions that it should be developed and published led me finally to the conclusion that such a course would not be unjustified. 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.