Manual of geology
Subtitle: treating of the principles of the science with special reference to American geological history, for the use of colleges, academies, and schools of science
By: By James D. Dana, M.A., LL.D. Silliman Professor of Geology and Natural History in Yale College; author of "A system of mineralogy," of Reports of Wilke's exploring expedition on geology, on zoophytes, and on crustacea, etc ; [Two lines Cicero; one line from Juvenal] ; Illustrated by a chart of the world, and over one thousand figures, mostly from American sources.
Contributors: Hall, James, 1811-1898.; Meek, F. B. 1817-1876.; Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895.
Publisher: published by Theodore Bliss & Co.
Published: 1863
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 798
Subjects: Geology.
Notes: Spine title: Dana's manual of geology.

Copyright 1862 by Theodore Bliss & Co.

The illustrations of American palæozoic life life have been largely copied from the reports of Professor Hall. A few of the Palæozoic figures, and many of later periods, are from original drawings made by Mr. F.B. Meek ... The name of the engraver, Lockwood Sanford, of New Haven, also deserves mention. - Preface, p. vii, dated at New Haven, November 1, 1862. - Physiographic chart of the world by James D. Dana. ... Et. Sandoz del. Engraved at J.M. Butlers [sic] establishment 242 Chestnut St. Ph.

Includes index.

Electrotyped by L. Johnson and Co. Philadelphia. C. Sherman & Son printers. - verso of title page.

Wood-engraved frontispiece plate included in pagination.

Addenda and corrigenda. - printed slip, tipped in after p. xvi.