Popular Geology Author:Hugh Miller Subtitle: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh; With Descriptive Sketches From a Geologist's Portfolio. With an Introductory Résumé of the Progress of Geological Science Within the Last Two Years General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1859 Original Publisher: Gould and Lincoln S... more »ubjects: Geology Science / Earth Sciences / General Science / Earth Sciences / Geology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LECTURE THIRD. The Poet Delta (Dr. Molr) -- His Definition of Poetry -- His Death -- His Burial- place at Invercsk -- Vision, Geological and Historical, of the Surrounding Country -- What is it that imparts to Nature its Poetry -- The Tertiary Formation in Scotland -- In Geologic History all Ages contemporary -- Amber the Resin of the Pinus iucciniftr -- A Vegetable Production of the Middle Tertiary Ages -- Its Properties and Uses -- The Masses of Insects inclosed in it -- The Structural Geology of Scotland -- Its Trap Rock -- The Scenery usually associated with the Trap Rock -- How formed -- ThcCretaceous Period in Scotland -- Its Productions -- The Chalk Deposits -- Death of Species dependent on Laws different from those which determine the Death of Individuals -- The Two great Infinites. The members of the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh enjoyed the privilege last season of listening to one of the sweetest and tenderest of modern British poets eloquently descanting on the history of modern British poetry. Rarely had master established for himself a better claim to teach. And, regarding the elegant volume produced on that occasion, so exquisite in its taste and so generous in its criticisms, it may justly be said that perhaps its only,...« less