Narrative of an Excursion to the Lake Amsanctus and to Mount Vultur - in Apulia in 183

Klappentext This account! published in 1835 by a pioneering volcanologist! describes a visit to a remote volcanic area in southern Italy. Zusammenfassung A brief but distinctive account, first published in 1835, of a winter expedition to a then little-visited volcanic area in Apulia, south-east Italy. The author, the Oxford professor Charles Daubeny (1795–1867), was a pioneer of volcanology and a fine observer of both scientific and cultural detail. Inhaltsverzeichnis Narrative of an excursion to the Lake Amsanctus and to Mount Vultur in Apulia, in 1834, read to the Ashmolean Society, Dec. 4, 1835; Appendix.

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• Authors: Charles Daubeny
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029636
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02963-6
• No. of pages: 62
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Italy, Historical Geology, Volcanology & seismology, Historical geology and palaeogeology, Chemistry of minerals, crystals and gems, Mineralogy & Gems, Volcanology and seismology