ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY

by Le Conte, Joseph

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NY:: Appleton,, 1890. Hardcover; gilt-stamped spine; spine ends lightly worn; contents lightly age-toned; otherwise good.. index. Profuse b&w in-text woodcuts. 1890 printing of 1882 revised edn. ||| Le Conte (1823-1901), geologist, graduated M.D. in 1845; also studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard; then went west in 1869 to become Prof of Geology at newly-founded Univ. of California. (He retired in 1896). Wrote a prolific stream of highly-regarded papers on chemistry, geology, medicine, Evolution, the human larynx as a musical instrument, etc.