Covering topics such as rock formations, mineral deposits, and glacial activity, this work serves as an essential reference for students, researchers, and anyone with an interest in the natural world.
Summary
Facsimile reproduction of original that was first published in 1883. By then Chief Geologist T. C. Chamberlain.
This book presents a detailed examination of the state's natural resources and geological history. Covering topics such as rock formations, mineral deposits, and glacial activity, this work serves as an essential reference for students, researchers, and anyone with an interest in the natural world. It may be the most comprehensive study of Wisconsin's geology ever published,
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The leading purpose of this volume was determined by the following enactment, being section 1, chapter 121, of the Laws of 1876. "The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. That in the preparation of his final report, the chief geologist be, and he is hereby authorized to collate the general geology and the leading facts and principles relating to the material resources of the State, together with practical suggestions as to the methods of detecting and utilizing the same, so as to constitute the material for a volume suited to the wants of explorers, miners, land owners, and manufacturers, who use crude native products, and to the needs of the schools of the State, and the masses of intelligent people who are not familiar with the principles of geology; said volume to be written in clear, plain language, with explanations of technical terms, and to be properly illustrated with maps and diagrams, and to be so arranged as to constitute a key to the more perfect understanding of the whole report." To subserve the purposes thus legally defined, the volume will be found to consist of three distinct portions; Part I, embracing the General Geology of the State, with explanatory matter; Part II, consisting of lists of the minerals, rocks and life-products of the State, with descriptions and auxiliary discussions; and Part III, embracing industrial descriptions and practical suggestions with reference to the leading natural resources of the State.
Author
T.C. Chamberlain
Details
- Hardcover
- Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
- Pages: 725
- Illustrations: Black and white illustrations and graphs
- Publisher: State of Wisconsin Commissioners of Public Printing
