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020			_a9780511996771 (ebook)
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100	1		_aPlayfair, John, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Works of John Playfair. _nVolume 1 / _cJohn Playfair, Edited by James G. Playfair.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1822.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (626 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Physical Sciences
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aJohn Playfair (1748-1819) was a Scottish mathematician and geologist best known for his defence of James Hutton's geological theories. He attended the University of St Andrews, completing his theological studies in 1770. In 1785 he was appointed joint Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and in 1805 he was elected Professor of Natural Philosophy. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was acquainted with continental scientific developments, and was a prolific writer of scientific articles in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Review. This four-volume edition of his works was published in 1822. Volume 1 includes a biography of Playfair, and his Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, which did much to popularise Hutton's ideas.
700	1		_aPlayfair, James G., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108029384
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pPhysical Sciences.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511996771
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