The Lithology of EdinburghWilliam P. Kennedy, 1859 - 102 pages |
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Page vi
... present , century . Sir John asked Mr Fleming to under- take a survey of the economical mineralogy of the northern isles . In the spring of 1808 , Mr Fleming wrote to Sir John from his brother's farm , Capithall , near Bathgate , and ...
... present , century . Sir John asked Mr Fleming to under- take a survey of the economical mineralogy of the northern isles . In the spring of 1808 , Mr Fleming wrote to Sir John from his brother's farm , Capithall , near Bathgate , and ...
Page vii
... present time . The report is dated from the Manse of Bressay . He had thus taken the scientific tastes and studies of his youth with him into his island manse , and had laid them along side of his de- sires and labours for the spiritual ...
... present time . The report is dated from the Manse of Bressay . He had thus taken the scientific tastes and studies of his youth with him into his island manse , and had laid them along side of his de- sires and labours for the spiritual ...
Page xiv
... present work , consist of figures relating exclusively to British animals . They are not gaudy , but they are correct delineations from nature , for which the writer is in- debted to the pencil of his wife . " This , however , is saying ...
... present work , consist of figures relating exclusively to British animals . They are not gaudy , but they are correct delineations from nature , for which the writer is in- debted to the pencil of his wife . " This , however , is saying ...
Page xvii
... present race of animals , and those which have become ex- tinct . The plan is formed , and , though vast , is undertaken in early life . To this magazine I am daily adding some fact , and ere long you will see some proof of activity ...
... present race of animals , and those which have become ex- tinct . The plan is formed , and , though vast , is undertaken in early life . To this magazine I am daily adding some fact , and ere long you will see some proof of activity ...
Page xix
... present , century , had extended its influence to Ireland . Associations were formed for its promotion in the capital , and in one or two of the large provincial towns . In Cork a society was founded , by a royal charter obtained in ...
... present , century , had extended its influence to Ireland . Associations were formed for its promotion in the capital , and in one or two of the large provincial towns . In Cork a society was founded , by a royal charter obtained in ...
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Aberdeen appearance Arthur's Seat bones boulder-clay boulders Bressay British Animals Buckland Chair of Natural character Christian Clackmannan clay College Contents Cupar Cuvier dear Sir deposit district Dr Chalmers Dr Fleming Dr Fleming's dressed surfaces Edin Edinburgh exhibited favour feel feet Fife fish Flisk fossils Free Church genus geologists geology GIDEON MANTELL give Granton gravel Holoptychius hope Hugh Miller illustrative inches indicated influence interesting John Journal kind labours lectures letter Lord Dundas Lyell marine mind Mineralogy minister Natural History Natural Science naturalist neighbourhood Neill notice observed occupied occurred Old Red Sandstone paper parish period phenomena Phil Philosophy of Zoology portion present Professor Jameson proof quadrupeds quarry referred regarded remains remarks ridge rocks Royal Society sand says scales scientific Scotland Scottish shells shew side silt species specimens St Andrews stone strata structure tion views Wernerian Society wrote Zoology