Geological facts; or, the crust of the earth, what it is, and what are its uses

by W. G. Barrett

[20]. Lieut. Portlock on Geology, p. 93.

[21]. Ansted’s Geology, Descriptive and Practical, vol. ii. pp. 290, 291.

[22]. Ansted’s Geology, p. 291.

[23]. As the ancients did not know or use the compound metal brass, though bronze was common amongst them, we must in this verse, and all others in which the word “brass” is used, understand it to mean copper.—Hughes’ Scripture Geography, Art. Geology of Palestine, p. 133.

[24]. Murray’s Hand-book for Cornwall, p. 199.

[25]. Ansted, vol. ii. p. 418.

[26]. Whewell, Anniversary Address to Geol. Society, 1839.

[27]. In Memoriam.

[28]. Dr. Pye Smith says 140,000 feet.

[29]. See a valuable map of fossils published by the Christian Knowledge Society.