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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF

PROF. JOHN PHILLIPS,

OF OXFORD,

One of the most able, earnest, and genial of

English Geologists;

and of other Eminent Scientific Men, now passed away,

who supported him as

President of the British Association, at its

Meeting in Birmingham, in 1865.

Distribution of Land and Water—Causes of Irregularities of the Surface Crust and Interior—Position of Continents—Past History of the Atlantic—Its Relations to Life—Its Future

Map of the North Atlantic, showing depths from 4,000 fathoms upward (after the Challenger Survey).