The economy of a coal-field : an exposition of the objects of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of the best means of attaining them
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Type of record: Book
Title: The economy of a coal-field : an exposition of the objects of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of the best means of attaining them
Classmark: Leeds Phil. and Lit. C/GEO
Creator(s): Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796-1855)
Additional creator(s): Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire (Other)
Publisher: Andrews
Publication city: Durham
Date(s): 1838
Language: English
Size and medium: 78 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/249281
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991015815259705181
Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Description
Errata: p. 78.
"Lecture... delivered at the second quarterly meeting of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in May ... [1838] and ... published at their request."--P. [3].
Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 30329.
Additional description
Bound with 12 other publications in a volume lettered Geological Tracts . Volume contents: 1. Fitton W. H.: An address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, 1828-29. -- 2. Gilpin, T.: An essay on organic remains, as connected with an ancient tropical region of the earth, 1843. -- 3. Anstead, D. T.: Geology as a branch of education, 1845. -- 4. Murchison, R.I.: On the tertiary fresh-water formations of Aix, in Provence, including the coal-field of Fuveau, [1829]. -- 5. Lyell, C.: On the excavation of valleys, as illustrated by the volcanic rocks of central France, [1829]. -- 6. Binney, E. W.: A glance at the geology of Furness, Lancashire, 1848. -- 7. Binney, E. W.: Sketch of the drift deposits of Manchester and its neighbourhood, 1847. -- 8. Johnston, J. F. W.: The economy of a coal-field, 1838. -- 9. Binney, E. W.: On the origin of coal, 1847. -- 10. Murchison, R. I.: On the bituminous schist and fossil fish of Seefeld, in the Tyrol, [1829]. --
11. Lyell, C.: Sur les dépôts lacustres tertiaires du cantal, et leurs rapports avec les roches primordiales at volcaniques, 1829. -- 12. Agassiz, L.: Rapport sur les poissons fossiles decouverts en Angleterre, 1835.
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