Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison - Based on His Journals and Letters

Klappentext A detailed biography of the influential Scottish geographer Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792 1871). Zusammenfassung Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871) was an influential Scottish geologist best known for his classification of the Silurian system of rock strata. These volumes, first published in 1875, contain a detailed biography, providing a fascinating insight into his life and work. Volume 1 describes his life until 1842. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Ancestry. School-days; 2. First years of a soldier's life; 3. Six months of the Peninsular War; 4. Military life at home; 5. Italy and art; 6. Five years of fox-hunting; 7. Rise of geology in Britain; 8. First years of scientific life at home; 9. First geological raids into the continent; 10. The invasion of Grauwacke; 11. The Geological Society, and social life in London; 12. The Silurian system; 13. The Devonian system; 14. A geological tour in northern Russia; 15. Central and southern Russia, and the Ural Mountains; 16. The chair of the Geological Society.

Product details

• Authors: Archibald Geikie, Sir Archibald Geikie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108072342
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07234-2
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science; Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Diaries, letters and journals, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Geology & The Lithosphere