De la Beche, Henry Thomas. Geological manual (1832)

AUTHOR: De la Beche, Henry Thomas (1796-1855)
TITLE-PAGE TRANSCRIPTION: A | GEOLOGICAL | MANUAL. | [rule 43 mm.] | BY | HENRY T. DE LA BECHE, F.R.S., F.G.S. | MEM. GEOL. SOC. OF FRANCE, &C. | [rule 43 mm.] | Philadelphia: | CAREY & LEA, CHESTNUT STREET. | [dotted rule 9 mm.] | 1832.
COLLATION: 23 x 14 cm.: p⁴ 1-67⁴ [$1 signed] pp. [i]-viii, 1-535, [1]
CONTENTS: [i]. Title-page. p. iii. Preface. p. vi. Abbreviations of authors’ names in the lists of organic remains. p. vii. Table of contents. p. 1. Section I. Figure of the earth. Density of the earth. p. 2. Superficial distribution of land and water. p. 3. Saltness and specific gravity of the sea. p. 5. Temperature of the earth. p. 13. Temperature of springs. p. 20. Temperature of the sea and lakes. p. 24. Temperature of the atmosphere. p. 26. Valleys. p. 32. Changes on the surface of the globe. Classification of rocks. p. 40 Section II. Degradation of land. p. 61. Delivery of detritus into the sea. p. 70. Action of the sea on coasts. p. 72. Shingle beaches. p. 76. Sandy beaches. p. 84. Tides. p. 90. Currents. p. 101. Transporting power of tides. p. 103. Transporting power of currents. p. 106. Active volcanoes. p. 120. Extinct volcanoes. p. 122. Mineral volcanic products. p. 124. Volcanic dykes, &c. p. 126. Earthquakes. p. 131. Gaseous exhalations. p. 134. Deposits from springs. p. 139. Naphtha and asphaltum springs. p. 140. Coral reefs and islands. p. 143. Submarine forests. p. 149. Raised beaches and masses of shells. p. 153. Organic remains of modern group. p. 155. Section III. Erratic blocks and gravel. p. 171. Ossiferous caverns and osseous breccia. p. 181. Section IV. Supercretaceous (tertiary) group. p. 241. Volcanic action during the supercretaceous period. p. 254. Section V. Cretaceous group (chalk and green sand). p. 295. Wealden rocks. p. 304. Section VI. Ooolitic group. p. 376. Section VII. Red sandstone group (red and variegated marls, Muschelkalk, variegated standstone, Zechstein and Todtliegendes,). p. 398. Section VIII. Carboniferous group (coal measures, carboniferous limestone and old red sandstone). p. 433. Section IX. Grauwacke group (Grauwacke, Grauwacke slate and limestone). p. 456. Section X. Lowest fossilferous group. p. 460. Section XI. Inferior stratified or non-fossiliferous rocks (Gneiss, mica slate, &c.) p. 468. Section XII. Unstratified rocks (granite, greenstone, &c.) p. 487. Section XIII. On the mineralogical differences in contemporaneous rocks. p. 493. On the elevation of mountains. p. 503. On the occurrences of metals in rocks. p. 507. Appendix. On some of the terms employed in geology. p. 508. Osseous breccia of Australia. p. 509. Fossil shells from Bordeaux and Dax. p. 516. Cretaceous rocks of Stevensklint. p. 517. On geological maps and sections. p. 519. Tables for calculating heights by the Barometer. p. 526. Comparison of English and French measures. p. 527. Index.
ILLUSTRATIONS: p. 29. Figure 1-2. Valleys of elevation: Klingsclere. p. 30. Fig. 3. Valleys of denudation: Charmouth. p. 41. Fig. 4-5. Degradation of land. p. 42. Fig. 6. Slates of the South Ham, Devon. p. 43. Fig. 7. Kettle and Pans. p. 44. Fig. 8. Percolation through porous rocks. p. 46. Fig. 9. The under cliffs at Pinhay, near Lyme Regis. p. 48. Fig. 10. River formation from lakes. p. 51. Fig. 11. Formation of cliffs from water movement. p. 55. Fig. 12. Falls of Niagara. Fig. 13. Lowering of lakes through channels. p. 61. Fig. 14. Delivery of detritus into the sea. p. 71. Fig. 15. Action of the sea on coasts. p. 73. Fig. 16-17. Shingle beaches. p. 125. Fig. 19. Volcanic dykes. p. 149. Fig. 20-22. Raised beaches and masses of shells. p. 157. Fig. 23-25. Erratic block group. p. 158. Fig. 26. Erratic block group. p. 168. Fig. 27-28. A section of the Monte San Primo. p. 174. Fig. 29. Kirkdale cavern. p. 179. Fig. 30. The osseous breccia of the Chateau Hill at Nice. p. 31. Rolled flints and coarse sand on that part of Milber Down facing Ford. p. 199. Fig. 32-33. The main chain of the Righi. p. 201. Fig. 34. Section of the Valley of La Madelaine. p. 209. Fig. 35. The Balanus crassus. p. 220. Fig. 36. Bed of the Durance at the Pertuis de Mirabeau. p. 291. Fig. 38. The Spatangus Cor-anguinum, Lam. Fig. 39. The Galerites albo-galerus, Lam. Fig. 40-41. Inoceramus (or Catillus) Cuvieri. Fig. 42. Plagiostoma spinosum. Fig. 43. Pecten quinquecostatus. Fig. 44. P. quadricostatus. Fig. 45. Podopsis truncata. p. 292. Fig. 46. Ostrea vesicularis (Gryphaea globosa, Sowerby). Fig. 47. G. Columba. Fig. 48. Belemnites mucronatus. Fig. 49. Scaphites obliquus, Sow. (Sc. striatus, Mant.). Fig. 50. Hamites rotundus. Fig. 51. Turrilites tuberculatus. Fig. 52. Baculites Faujasii. p. 317. Fig. 53. Section over Coregna. p. 318. Fig. 54. Ammonites cylindricus. Fig. 55. A. stella. Fig. 56. A. Phillipsii. Fig. 57 and 59. A. biformis. Fig. 58. A. Listeri. Fig. 60. A coregnensis. p. 319. Fig. 61. A. Guidoni. Fig. 62. A. articulatus. p. 63. A. discretus. Fig. 64. A. ventricosus. Fig. 65. A. comptus. Fig. 66. A. catenatus. Fig. 67. A. trapezoidalis. p. 321. Fig. 68. Capo Corvo. p. 368. Fig. 69. Gryphaea virgula. Fig. 70. Ostrea deltoidea. Fig. 71. Gryphaea dilatata. p. 369. Fig. 72. Ammonites Walcotii. Fig. 73. Gryphaea incurva. Fig. 74. Plagiostoma giganteum. Fig. 75. A. Bucklandi. Fig. 76. Avicula inaequivalvis. Fig. 77. Sprifer Walcotii. p. 372. Fig. 78. Insect obtained by Mr. Murchison from the quarries at Solenhofen. p. 382. Fig. 79. Voltzia brevifolia. p. 387. Fig. 80. Petit Tor Cliff. Fig. 81. One of the fissures in the fractured limestone at Petit Tor. p. 388. Fig. 82-83. Cliffs in vicinity of Dawlish. p. 394. Fig. 84. Ammonites nodosus. p. 400. Fig. 85. Calamites cannaeformis. p. 432. Fig. 86. Producta Martini. Fig. 87. Spirifer glaber. Fig. 88. Spirifer attenuatus. Fig. 89. Spirifer cuspidatus. Fig. 90. Spirifer trigonalis. Fig. 91. Cardium hibernicum. Fig. 92. Cardium alaeforme. p. 435. Bovey Sand Bay on the east side of Plymouth Sound. p. 453. Fig. 94. Asaphus Debuchii. Fig. 95. Calymene Blumenbachii. Fig. 96-97. Agnostus pisiformis. p. 454. Fig. 98. Cyathophyllum turbinatam, Goldf. p. 472. Fig. 99. Bötzberg. p. 478. Fig. 100. Black Head, Babbacombe Bay, Devon. p. 494. Fig. 101. Contorted strata. p. 495. Fig. 102. Determining relative age of mountain ranges from the position of strata. p. 507. Fig. 103. Dip illustrated. p. 508. Fig. 104. Fault illustrated.
BINDING: Black buckram library binding.
PROVENANCE: Boston Society of Natural History, October 29, 1845.
KEYWORDS: 1. Geology.
LOCATION: QE26.D3 1832