The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 7: New and United Series of the Philosophical Magazine, Annals of Philosophy, and Journal of Science (Classic Reprint) by Sir David Brewster (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 7: New and United Series of the Philosophical Magazine, Annals of Philosophy, and Journal of Science Since my return to Europe, after an absence of nearly three years, among the scientific publications that have attracted my attention, the Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin claimed particular tice. I rejoiced to perceive a growing spirit of geological inquiry in Ireland, and more especially as that spirit is understood to have been mainly excited and promoted by the Trigometrical Survey of the island w in progress under the able conduct of Colonel Colby, R. E. It was, however, with surprise and regret that I read the following passage in the Address delivered at the First Annual Meeting of that Society by their President. Sneaking of the natural resources of Ireland, the learned author says: Even native gold was found t many years ago in a neighbouring county in large wedges. 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 techlogy 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.