FOR THE USE OF PUPILS, FOR PERSONS, ATTENDING LECTURES

ON THESE SUBJECTS, AND AS A COMPANION FOR

TRAVELLERS

IN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ILLUSTRATED BY SIX PLATES.

BY PARKER CLEAVELAND,

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND MATURAL PHILOSOPHY, AND LECTURER ON
CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, IN BOWDOIN COLLEGE, MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE

LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND.

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Quasque recondiderat, Stygiisque admoverat umbris,

Effodiuntur opes..........

OVID.

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DISTRICT OF MAINE.

Be it remembered, that on the eighth day of November, a. D. 1816, in the forty first year of the Independence of the United States of America, PARKER CLEAVELAND, of the said District hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit;

"An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology; being an Introduction to the Study of these Sciences, and designed for the use of Pupils-for persons attending Lectures on these subjects-and as a companion for travellers in the United States of America. Illustrated by six Plates. By Parker Cleaveland, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and Lecturer on Chemistry and Mineralogy, in Bowdoin College, member of the American Academy, and Corresponding member of the Linnæan society of New England.

........................itum est in viscera terræ :

Quasque recondiderat, Stygiisque admoverat umbris,
Effodiuntur opes...................

OVID."

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

HENRY SEWALLS Clerk of the District { Court of Maine.

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BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, LL. D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, OF THE AMER.

PHILOS. SOCIETY, OF THE AMER. ACADEMY, AND OF THE

MASS. MED. SOCIETY, ETC.

SIR,

You will not, I trust, be displeased, and the Public, I am assured, will not be surprised, that I should embrace this favorable opportunity of addressing you, as the patron of general literature, and more especially of Natural Science.

It is, indeed, an elementary treatise only, which is here offered to your notice. But it is no small encouragement to those, who are anxious to promote the progress of Mineralogy and Geology, to know, that these branches of knowledge receive the patronage and attention of such, as have, like yourself, devoted a large portion of life to the cultivation and improvement of deeper and more abstruse sciences.

Accept, Dear Sir, for your friendship, both to myself, and the College, with which I am connected, these sincere expressions of gratitude and respect,

from your much obliged.

and humble servant,

Bowdoin College,

Nov. 8, 1816.

PARKER CLEAVELAND.

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