﻿University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  Entered 
  as 
  second-class 
  matter 
  August 
  2, 
  1913. 
  at 
  the 
  Post 
  Office 
  at 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  

   under 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  August 
  24, 
  19 
  12 
  

  

  Published 
  fortnightly 
  

  

  No. 
  557 
  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  December 
  15, 
  1913 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

   Museum 
  Bulletin 
  168 
  

  

  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  HISTORY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  STATE 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  WILLIAM 
  J. 
  MILLER 
  Ph.D. 
  

  

  PREFACE 
  

  

  The 
  researches 
  and 
  truths 
  of 
  any 
  modern 
  science 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  

   properly 
  to 
  fulfil 
  their 
  mission, 
  should 
  be 
  brought 
  within 
  the 
  reach 
  of 
  

   laymen. 
  In 
  this 
  bulletin 
  the 
  purpose 
  is 
  to 
  present 
  in 
  a 
  simple, 
  read- 
  

   able 
  form, 
  an 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  wonderful 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  No 
  knowledge 
  of 
  physiography 
  or 
  

   geology 
  is 
  presupposed. 
  Any 
  person 
  who 
  possessed 
  of 
  intelli- 
  

   gence 
  and 
  a 
  willingness 
  to 
  learn 
  is 
  fully 
  prepared 
  to 
  read 
  these 
  pages. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  reader 
  has 
  gained 
  a 
  fair 
  understanding 
  of 
  the 
  principles 
  

   here 
  set 
  forth, 
  he 
  will 
  be 
  much 
  better 
  prepared 
  to 
  use 
  intelligently 
  

   the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  which 
  deal 
  with 
  

   the 
  geology 
  and 
  geography 
  of 
  many 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  short, 
  

   this 
  volume 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  a 
  "first 
  'book" 
  for 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  

   interested 
  in 
  the 
  physical 
  features 
  of 
  our 
  State 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  

   that 
  teachers 
  and 
  older 
  pupils 
  in 
  geography 
  and 
  physical 
  geography 
  

   may 
  receive 
  helpful 
  suggestions 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  be 
  clearly 
  understood 
  that 
  scarcely 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  sketch 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  large 
  subject 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  so 
  brief 
  a 
  space. 
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