The American Geologist, 1904, Vol. 34: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Winchell, Newton Horace

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ISBN 10: 1332162819 ISBN 13: 9781332162819

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The American Geologist, 1904, Vol. 34: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences The sense of bereavement which follows upon a loss so disastrous to paleontology as the departure of professor Beecher renders it difficult to express lucidly and in adequate measure to those who may have known him more by repute than by personal intercourse, his real value to his science or to record an appreciative tribute to his genius. Human experience is so full of instances of brilliant abilities prematurely quenched, of fruitful lives blotted out, of promising careers terminated before the goal is reached, that the aphorisms of the world take note of them. Death loves a shining mark, indeed. Professor Beecher's end was wholly without premonition even to the penetrating eyes that watched him most closely, and its suddenness carries an element of the tragic. The Sunday morning of his death he arose as well as ever but later he complained of pains in his arms, then in his chest. The usual household remedies failing, a physician was summoned and while they talked together he complained of dizziness and with a few breaths was gone. The hardening of the cononary arteries or angina pectoris, which might least have been expected in a constitution of relative youth, is regarded as the cause of death. One often sees in midsummer an oak on which a single leaf flares out in red and yellow while all the rest are green, and here too age has stolen on with unequal pace. Professor Beecher was in the 48th year of a singularly productive life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing p

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Excerpt from The American Geologist, 1904, Vol. 34: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences

Review OF recent geological literature. Contributions to the Geology of Washington. G. O. Smith and Bailey Willis, 54; Christian Faith in an Age of Science, William North Rice, 55; The Cambric Dictyonema Fauna of the Slate Belt of eastern New York, R. Ruedemann..

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332162819
• ISBN 13: 9781332162819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 466