No work on any science has yet been published in our language more exhaustive of facts, more clear in statement, or more philosophical in general character and arrangement, than Dana’s “ Mineralogy,” ...

THE late Prof. Jukes's admirable “School Manual of Geology” is already so favourably known to teachers of the science, for the clearness of its style, the accuracy of its information, and the ...

THERE are two ends which a Manual of Geology, or 1 for the matter of that of any science, may be in tended to compass. It may be meant for beginners, or it may be designed for the use of advanced ...

On the morning of Dec. 26, a 30-foot tsunami crashed into the coasts of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and southern India at the speed of a jet plane. But what caused the deadly waves? Northwestern ...

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