Excerpt from The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. 18: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts; October 1834-April, 1835 BY the term Terrestrial or Epigeic deposits, we mean all pro ducts formed on an emerged part Of the surface of the earth. Though their loose texture exposes them to destruction during all great movements Of the soil, there is no country where they ought not to be able to preserve themselves in some localities. In every region of the globe, a series Of deposits Of this nature should exist, more or less ancient, more or less continuous, parallel with that Of marine deposits. Their age reaches back to the first emerging of solid rock, and their composition entirely depends on its nature. 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 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.