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020 _a9780511973116 (ebook)
020 _z9781108072342 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
100 1 _aGeikie, Archibald,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLife of Sir Roderick I. Murchison :
_bBased on his Journals and Letters.
_nVolume 1 /
_cArchibald Geikie.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1875.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (428 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 1 describes Murchison's early life and geological studies until 1842.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108072342
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pEarth Science.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973116
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