The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)

by Archibald Geikie

THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN

THE
ANCIENT VOLCANOES
OF
GREAT BRITAIN

BY

SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S.

D.C.L. Oxf., D. Sc. Camb., Dubl.; LL.D. St. And., Edinb.
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; OF THE ACADEMIES OF BERLIN, VIENNA, MUNICH, TURIN, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, GÖTTINGEN, NEW YORK; OF THE IMPERIAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS, ST. PETERSBURG; NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, MOSCOW; SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, CHRISTIANIA; AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, FRANCE, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, ETC.
WITH SEVEN MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
1897
All rights reserved

TO
M. Ferdinand Fouqué
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE
PROFESSOR OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INORGANIC BODIES
IN THE COLLÈGE DE FRANCE
AND
M. Auguste Michel-Lévy
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE
DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FRANCE
DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES
OF THAT FRENCH SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY
WHICH BY THE HANDS OF DESMAREST FOUNDED THE
STUDY OF ANCIENT VOLCANOES
AND HAS SINCE DONE SO MUCH TO
PROMOTE ITS PROGRESS
THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED
WITH THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION AND
ESTEEM