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020			_a9781107280939 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
100	1		_aFaujas-de-St.-Fond, Barthélemy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEssai de géologie : _bOu, Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du globe. _nVolume 1 / _cBarthélemy Faujas-de-St.-Fond.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1803.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (518 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			_aBarthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history. Appointed a royal commissioner of mines in 1785, he also served as professor of geology at the natural history museum in Paris from 1793 until his death. His keen interest in rocks, minerals and fossils led to a number of important discoveries, among which was confirmation that basalt was a volcanic product. The present work appeared in three parts between 1803 and 1809. The first volume features an introductory discussion of the current state of geology, before going on to consider the fossils of plants, shells, fish, cetaceans, crocodiles, and various mammalian quadrupeds. Of related interest in the history of geology, Minéralogie des volcans (1784) and the revised English edition of A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 (1907) are two other works by Faujas which are also reissued in this series.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108070706
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth Science.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107280939
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