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Elements of Geology by William Ruschenberger (1807 - 1895).

The Elements of Geology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1846 presents an introduction to geology. The information, albeit not current, is still interesting and of use as a general overview of the subject as well as interesting look into the period. Please note that some of the information has changed considerably since this time. The author was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and president of the Academy of Natural Sciences. ( Amy Gramour)
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Post by Availle »

I saw that title and thought I'd better come here and tell you that we have that book already in the catalog. And then I checked said catalog and found out that the title matches but the author does not. :oops:

In that case of course, I'll have to say something else. What about:

Could I read section 8 on earthquakes please? :D
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That would be great.
Thanks, Ava! :)
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Sounds great! Can I DPL?
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That would be great, Anthony. Welcome aboard! :D
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Thanks. Glad to be part of it.
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YEA, I love this guy, he's so clearcut with his information!
Amy, since I last worked on one of these I went into Luddite hibernation due to computer problems, but as you said it didn't last. Now I'm on Linux and there is a learning curve but I've managed to do two other readings okay and feel safe. My only issue is that I don't seem able to access anything to do with gain or recording volume. So I might upload and be told to reduce or amplify it a bit. If that is okay, I would like to do some of these, I'll take chapter one if no one else wants it, it looks soooo easy, compared to the days of Elements of Botany when I couldn't even pronounce English words after working around all the Latin, etc.

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My first project as a reader - can I take a crack at Lesson I for starters? If my voice is up to snuff, I'd love to tackle several more sections.
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Mich_elle wrote:YEA, I love this guy, he's so clearcut with his information!
Amy, since I last worked on one of these I went into Luddite hibernation due to computer problems, but as you said it didn't last. Now I'm on Linux and there is a learning curve but I've managed to do two other readings okay and feel safe. My only issue is that I don't seem able to access anything to do with gain or recording volume. So I might upload and be told to reduce or amplify it a bit. If that is okay, I would like to do some of these, I'll take chapter one if no one else wants it, it looks soooo easy, compared to the days of Elements of Botany when I couldn't even pronounce English words after working around all the Latin, etc.

If anyone uses Audacity on a Linux and would like to offer some help, please pm me or tell me here.

Michelle
Hi Michelle,
I am happy that you will contribute to this Ruschenberger, too. There are three more after this one and then my mission is complete. Lesson One is yours.
Thanks!
Amy
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Mich_elle wrote:

If anyone uses Audacity on a Linux and would like to offer some help, please pm me or tell me here.

Michelle

Michelle, I can tell you what I started using (on openSUSE) when I joined Librivox (lo, these 4 years ago). Still works for me so I haven't explored further. So:

I run mp3gain https://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3gain/ as a separate program, not in Audacity.

It has a useful frontend, Easymp3gain https://sourceforge.net/projects/easymp3gain/



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NathanR wrote:My first project as a reader - can I take a crack at Lesson I for starters? If my voice is up to snuff, I'd love to tackle several more sections.
Welcome, Nathan. I am happy that you will contribute to the old geology textbook project. Michelle claimed Lesson One already. Is there another section that you would like? Also, it is advisable to submit a test in the Listeners/Editors Wanted forum to have your recording tech specs checked out. These lessons can be a hard (but rewarding) slog so it is best to be safe.
Let me know what you decide.
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Post by barbara2 »

Hi Amy,

I'd like to read LESSON III. –PART 1: THIRD GEOLOGICAL EPOCH


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Post by alg1001 »

Great. Lesson 3 is yours.
Thanks, Barbara!
-Amy
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Amy,
I have just looked at my section and have a question:

Since it is a start of a chapter (IV), there is a long list of keywords right at the beginning. Essentially it says "Chapter IV; Chapter title; keywords". See page 96 for what I mean.

Do you want me to read those keywords?

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Hi Ava,
Yes, please read them. That is how it was done in the past for this series of books and it works out well.
Cheers!
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