THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



AND 



ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY. 



[NEW SERIES.] 



JULY 1827. 



I. Collections in Foreign Geology. — [No. I.] By H. T. De 

 LA Beche, Esq. F.R., L., and G.S. ^r. Sj-c. 



To the Editois of the Philosophical Magazine and Annals. 

 Gentlemen, 



CHOULD it suit the plan of your Journal, I propose send- 

 ^ ing you, from time to time, such accounts or translations 

 of the labours of continental geologists, as it is hoped may be 

 found useful and interesting to those of our own country who 

 may not always be within reach of libraries containing foreign 

 scientific works. Though our own country, is, perhaps, un- 

 equalled, (when extent of surface is considered,) for the facilities 

 it affords the study of geology, by the variety and importance 

 of its rocks and by its natural and artificial sections, it can- 

 not alone enable us to take a comprehensive view of the ge- 

 neral structure of the earth's surface ; this can only be effected 

 by combining the labours of numerous individuals in different 

 parts of the world. The structure of by far the greater part of 

 our planet's surface, is, and will long continue to be, unknown ; 

 yet much has already been done, more particularly in Europe 

 and North America: distinguished geologists of France, Ger- 

 many, Sweden, North America, and Italy are continually add- 

 ing to oui' knowledge by their respective labours; and if the 

 following conmiunications should tend to direct more general 

 attention to these labours, their object will be fully answered. 



H. T. Dr la Beche. 



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