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MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY.

3. These subjects are assigned to a separate class, which the
members of the other classes in the school may attend without payment
of an additional fee. In this class the lectures commence
with general Mineralogy, which is treated with especial reference
to Geology, to which it is designed to be an introduction. In the
lectures on Geology, the specific identity of ancient and modern
Geological causes is pointed out; the present action of these causes,
whether atmospheric, aqueous or igneous, is considered, and their
effects in the past history of our planet are examined. The illustrations
are drawn, as far as practicable, from the Geological
structure of Virginia.

The students have an opportunity of familiarizing themselves
with the minerals, rocks and fossils exhibited in the lectures.

Text Books.—Dana's Manuals of Mineralogy and Geology.