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CLASS OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY.

In this class, besides the leading features of general Geology,
especial attention is given to the structure and mineral products of

our own country. The great mineral zones are described by reference
to maps and sections, the order of stratification pointed out,
the nature of the materials shown by specimens, and the relations
of all these features to the agriculture and other resources of the
country particularly dwelt upon. In this connection the formation
of soils is discussed, and their analysis, together with that of ores,
limestones, marls, &c. , particularly taught. The course includes
so much of general Natural History as is necessary to a knowledge
of the leading fossils.

Text-Books.—Reference is made to Müler's Physics, Bird's
Natural Philosophy, Peschel's Elements of Physics, Herschell's
Outlines of Astronomy, Jackson's Optics, Potter's Mechanics,
Lyell's, Ansted's, or Trimmer's Geology, Agassiz' and Gould's
Zoology.