Syllabus of a Course of Six Elementary Lectures 

 on Geology in the Easter Holidays, 



ADAPTED TO A JUVENILE AUDIENCE, 



which will be given by J. TENJNTANT, F.G.S., Professor of Mineralogy at King's 

 College, London, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, &c, at his residence, 149 

 Strand, London, W.C. 



On April 14, 15, 1®, 17, IS, aiaul 1.9 9 18^3, at 3 p.m. 



Terms : — Half a Guinea for the Course ; Five Shillings for Children of Fellows of the fol- 

 lowing Societies— Geological, Zoological, Chemical, Royal Microscopical, Royal Geographical, 

 Royal Horticultural, Geologists' Association, and Society of Arts. 



Descriptive Geology. — Classification of Rocks into Aqueous, Volcanic, Plutonic, and 

 Metamorphic. 



Mineral Composition of Strata. — Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Calcareous.— Chronological 

 Classification of Sedimentary Rocks, with descriptions of the principal Fossils belonging to 

 each great deposit. 



Tertiary, or Cainozoic Series. — Cave-Deposits, Crag, Isle of Wight, and Bagshot 

 series, London Clay, Woolwich beds. 



Secondary, or Mesozoic Series. — Cretaceous, Wealden, Oolitic (Upper, Middle, and 

 Lower), Triassic Groups. 



Primary, or Palaeozoic Series. — Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, and Cam- 

 brian Groups. 



The mode of collecting, cleaning, and arranging Fossils, Minerals, and Rock-specimens 

 will be described. 



In the Summer Holidays to be followed by Six Elementary Lectures 

 on Practical Geology. 



The lessons delivered on the subject of Geology are intended to have especial reference 

 to the important practical applications of that science to Engineering, Mining, Architecture, 

 and Agriculture. The Granites, Syenites, Porphyries, Greenstones, Clays, &c. will be described, 

 and the Minerals peculiar to each noticed. 



The application of Geology to pursuits connected with mining-operations for Coal, Iron, 

 Copper, Tin, Silver, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Zinc, Cobalt, &c. will be specially considered. 

 The student is directed how to proceed in examining a new country, to collect and record 

 his observations, and mark his specimens, in order to render them useful to more experienced 

 geologists at home. 



In order more fully to exemplify the applications of the Science, Mr. Tennant accompanies 

 his Classes to various Museums in London, including the Museum of Practical Geology and 

 the British Museum ; also on excursions into the country, in which the actual field-work of 

 the Geologist is explained and illustrated. 



*** Mr. Tennant's lectures on Mineralogy applied to Geology and the Arts, at King's 

 College, will be resumed on Wednesday morning, October 8th, and the evening 

 lectures on Thursday the 9th. 



Elementary Geological Collections at 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each, and 



every requisite to assist those commencing the study of this interesting branch of Science, 

 a knowledge of which affords so much pleasure to the traveller in all parts of the world. 



A collection for Five Guineas, to illustrate the recent works on Geology, by Ansted, 

 Buckland, Lyell, Mantell, Murchison, Page, Phillips, and others, contains 200 specimens, 

 in a plain Mahogany Cabinet, with five trays, comprising the following specimens, viz. : — 



Minerals which are either the components of Rocks, or occasionally imbedded in 

 them — Quartz, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Garnet, Zeolite, Hornblende, Augite, Asbestos, 

 Felspar, Mica, Talc, Tourmaline, Spinel, Zircon, Corundum, Lapis Lazuli, Calcite, Fluor, 

 Selenite, Baryta, Strontia, Salt, Sulphur, Plumbago, Bitumen, &c. 



Native Metals, or Metalliferous Minerals ; these are found in masses or beds, in 

 veins, and occasionally in the beds of rivers. Specimens of the following Metallic Ores are 

 put in the Cabinet : — Iron, Manganese, Lead, Tin, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Silver, Gold, 

 Platina, Mercury, Titanium, &c. 



Rocks : Granite, Gneiss, Mica-slate, Clay-slate, Porphyry, Serpentine, Sandstones, Lime- 

 stones, Basalt, Lavas, &c. 



Palaeozoic Fossils from the Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian 

 Rocks. 



Secondary Fossils from the Rhaetic, Lias, Oolite, Wealden, and Cretaceous Groups. 



Tertiary Fossils from the Plastic Clay, London Clay, Crag, &c. 



In the more expensive collections some of the specimens are rare, and all more select. 



JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist (by appointment) to Her Majesty, 

 149 Strand, London, W.C. April IS73. 



