Observations on the geology of the United States of America; with some remarks on the effect produced on the nature and fertility of soils, by the decomposition of the different classes of rocks; and an application to the fertility of every state in the Union, in reference to the accompanying geological map ... By William Maclure.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maclure, William, 1763-1840, author.

Contributor:

Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--United States.

Geology.

geology.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Geology.

Physical Description:

127, 1 unnumbered page of plates (folded) : 1 color map (folded) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for the author by Abraham Small, No. 112, Chestnut Street, and sold by him and J. Melish, 1817.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Read as a memoir before the American Philosophical Society, and inserted in the first volume of their Transactions, new series.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Cited in:

Howes, M161

Other Format:

Online version: Maclure, William, 1763-1840. Observations on the geology of the United States of America.

OCLC:

493582