Download or read book Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science, Vol. 4 written by Carolus M. Broomall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science, Vol. 4: October, 1908, to July, 1909 It may be pertinent to state now that, in the opinion of the present writer, it would be desirable to include, as a part of the education of young ladies the study of mineralogy, at least to a limited extent, in order that they may appreciate more fully the composition and other characteristics Of the many minerals used for ornamental purposes, including the knowledge of the rocks in which they occur, and the different localities where they are found. 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.