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020			_z9781108072359 (paperback)
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100	1		_aGeikie, Archibald, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLife of Sir Roderick I. Murchison : _bBased on his Journals and Letters. _nVolume 2 / _cArchibald Geikie.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1875.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (412 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Earth Science
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aSir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) was an influential Scottish geologist best known for his classification of Palaeozoic rocks into the Silurian system. After early military experience in the Peninsular War, he resigned his commission; a chance meeting with Sir Humphrey Davy led him subsequently to pursue a scientific career. The Silurian System, published in 1839, was a highly influential study, which established the oldest contemporary classification of fossil-bearing strata. Murchison was appointed President of the Royal Geographical Society in 1843. These volumes, first published in 1875, use information taken from Murchison's private journals and correspondence. Archibald Geikie (1835-1924) provides a detailed account of his mentor's life and work in the context of geology as a developing science in the early nineteenth century, and provides a fascinating insight into the life and work of this eminent Victorian geologist. Volume 2 describes his later life, from 1843 to 1871.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108072359
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth Science.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973123
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