Lanterna Rally

Author: George H. Perkins

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781527601246

Excerpt from Report of the State Geologist of the Mineral Industries and Geology of Certain Areas of Vermont, Vol. 3: 1901-1902 The history Of geological work in this State has been eventful and in some respects extraordinary. AS early as 1836 the atten tion of the Legislature was called to the importance and value Of a geological survey, and in 1837 Mr. (afterwards Governor) Eaton as chairman of the committee on education made a care fully prepared report in favor of such survey, but nothing was done until 1844, when an act was passed enabling the Governor to appoint a State Geologist who was to be a person possessing a competent knowledge of scientific and practical geology and mineralogy and who should commence and prosecute a thorough geological survey of the State, etc. 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.