Science · Geology · 1883
Agnes Giberne's friendly first book of geology, for children about 10 to 13: rocks and fossils, the long story written in the earth's layers, and rivers, glaciers, volcanoes, coral and caves at work today. 36 guides cover the whole book, each with a safe hands-on activity and the right page of the book beside it.
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What the crust is made of, how water and fire build rocks, fossils, layers, folds and faults, and the work of ice (Chapters I to IX). Lessons 1–10.
How living things are grouped, the earliest ages, and the Ancient-Life Period: lower animals, fishes and the coal forests (Chapters X to XV). Lessons 11–16.
The age of great reptiles and chalk, the age of mammals, the Ice Age, the first people, and the author's chapter on the two records (Chapters XVI to XXII). Lessons 17–25.
Rivers, rain, springs and waves, deltas and glaciers, seen as clues to the past (Chapters XXIII to XXVI). Lessons 26–29.
Volcanoes, earthquakes, hot springs and geysers, coral reefs, and limestone caves, with the author's closing words (Chapters XXVII to XXXI). Lessons 30–36.
Agnes Giberne's companion to Sun, Moon, and Stars, written on the same plan for beginners of all ages: what rocks are made of and how to read them, the fossils in them, the story of the Earth's past age by age, and the work of rivers and ice.
Scanned from a University of California Libraries copy.
The book is divided into 31 chapters in three Parts. Each guide covers one chapter (a few long chapters are split into two parts), shown beside the title; guide numbers simply count the sessions in order. The guides are written for this site; the book is in the public domain.