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AS pointed out by Teall more than thirty years ago, “The state of advancement of a science must be measured, not by the number of facts collected but by the number of facts coordinated”. Judged by this standard, there is much to be accomplished before petrogenesis can be ranked as a science, for the majority of the accumulated observations still await co-ordination. This second edition of Prof. Daly's book on the igneous rocks will be welcomed, however, as a notable advance towards this ultimate goal.
Igneous Rocks and the Depths of the Earth: containing some Revised Chapters of “Igneous Rocks and their Origin” (1914).
By Prof. Reginald Aldworth Daly. Pp. xvi + 598. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1933.) 30s. net.
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K., W. Genesis of Magmatic Rocks. Nature 132, 553 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132553a0
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