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Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Earth's History for Boys, or, Geology in Verse
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Notes

  • Dedication: To 'The Schoolboys of Queensland' (from Preface).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Watson Ferguson , 1889 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Geology in Versei"You who would Earth's history trace,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 1-3)
How Plants and Animals Leave Their Records in Geological Historyi"Geikie tells in simple story,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Earth's Strata in Ascending Orderi"Igneous Rocks are lowest down -", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 5-7)
Organic Life of the Primary Enochi"The Trilobite comes first to view -", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 7-11)
Permian Epochi"The Russian Government of Perm", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
The Secondary Epochi"Earth was now a Reptile region,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 12-15)
Jurassic Periodi"Attend geologic consistory,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 15-20)
The Cretaceous Periodi"The seas' deposits at this time,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Tertiary Epochi"From period one to three we've ranged,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 22-27)
Quaternary Epochi"The natural sequence of these rhymes", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
The Glacial Periodi"Organic life thus quite curtailed", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Recenti"The crowning creature now was made -", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 30-36)
The Elementsi"We've viewed the rocks called sedimentary,", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 36-41)
Rocks and Rock Structures of the Earth's Crusti"The simple minerals we find", A. J. Boyd , single work poetry (p. 41-48)
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