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020 _a9781107280946 (ebook)
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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 2 Part 1
_pMinéraux /
_cBarthélemy Faujas-de-St.-Fond.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1809.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (414 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 second volume was divided into two. This first part discusses rocks, minerals and metals, notably limestone, quartz and feldspar. 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:
_z9781108070713
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pEarth Science.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107280946
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_d515195