Guide to the Collections of Rocks and Fossils

Download or read book Guide to the Collections of Rocks and Fossils written by A. M. Henry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the Collections of Rocks and Fossils: Belonging to the Geological Survey of Ireland, Arranged in Room III. E. Of the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin The collection of the Geological Survey is displayed in room No. III. East. It is limited to specimens obtained from Ireland, and consists of two parts - one illustrating the typical rocks of the country, the other the fossils contained in them. There are likewise exhibited in the gallery, drawings, photographs, maps, and sections, intended to illustrate the sets of specimens and to give an idea of the scenery, economic products, and geological structure of different parts of the country. The rock collection is arranged geographically, the products of each of the four Provinces of the country being grouped in close proximity to one another. The cases containing the rocks are the wall-cases along the side of the room, lettered A to G the upright cases placed above the table-cases in the middle of the room, marked with Roman numerals from I. To XXXII. And one table case, XXXIII., at the N. End of the room. Both numbering and lettering run from the south to the north end of the gallery plan, frontispiece.) 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.