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Deductions from Established Facts in Geology, by Wm. Smith: Notes on a Recently Discovered Broadsheet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. J. North
Affiliation:
National Museum of Wales.

Extract

William Smith's known writings deal almost exclusively with the practical application of the principles he discovered and enunciated.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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References

page 532 note 1 MS. of about 1797, quoted by Phillips, J. in Memoirs of Wm. Smith, London, 1841, p. 25.Google Scholar

page 533 note 1 Proc. Geol. Soc. Yorkshire, N.S., vol. xix, 1922, pp. 75253.Google Scholar

page 533 note 2 The original broadsheet will be deposited in the Library of the Geological Society where there are already other documents relating to the “Father of English Geology ”, but I am indebted to Dr. F. A. Bather for the suggestion that some who are interested in the history of Geology in this country might wish to have copies. It has been ascertained that photostat copies could be made at a cost of about 2s. each, and if any who desire to have them will communicate with the writer the necessary arrangements can be made.

page 533 note 3 J. Phillips, ibid., p. 119.

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