Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

127 S. + 1 Karte (Beilage). Fadengehefteter Originalpappband.

Bemerkung:

Verlagsneues Exemplar. - Inhalt: General Remarks on the Method of pursuing Geological Researches, with a few Observations on the different Chains of European Mountains, compared with those of the United States of America. -- Observations on the Geology of the United States of America, in Explanation of the geological Map. -- Hints on the Decomposition of Rocks, with an Inquiry into the probable Effects they may produce on the Nature and Fertility of Soils. -- The probable Effects, which the Decomposition of the various Classes of Rocks may have on the Nature and Fertility of the Soils of the different States of North America, in reference to the accompanying geological Map.