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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 Müller'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.