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Total number of records: 59

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Books and printed items55
Archives4

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society12
Brotherton Collection2
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

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geology59
paleontology15
mineralogy11
coal5
borings2
geological cross sections2
geological mapping2
glaciology2
landforms2
topographic maps2

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Devon (England)2
Little Whin Sill (Weardale, England)2
Atlantic Ocean1
Charlton (Kent, England)1
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Cornwall (England)1
Cumberland (England)1
Essex (England)1
Hampshire (England)1
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Whitaker, William (1836-1925)21
Harrison, William Jerome (1845-1908)4
Lesquereux, Leo4
Lesquereux, Leo (1806-1889)4
Pennsylvania Geological Survey4
Rogers, Henry Darwin4
Rogers, Henry Darwin (1808-1866)4
Rogers, William Barton4
Rogers, William Barton (1804-1882)4
Sheppard, Thomas (1876-1945)3

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Address by Sir J. William Dawson

Dawson, Sir John William (1820-1899); British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting

1886

At head of title: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Caption title. Address given at the Birmingham meeting of the British Association, 1886.

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Material relating to the geological work of Edward Moore and William Bisat.

Moore, Edward William James

1929-1992

A collection of offprints (many from the 'Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society'), newspaper cuttings, letters, memoirs, etc, relating to the geological work of Moore (1 small box) and Bisat...

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Notes and drawings on geology, botany, and fossil specimens, by William Barwell Turner.

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1870-1917

Comprises: (1) Bibliographical notes of books on natural disasters; (2) Descriptive and taxonomic notes on the Desmidiaceae, with many manuscript illustrations and a few printed ones also.

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A short account of the history of Pontefract and chief places of interest in the surrounding neigbourhood : with some observations on the geological features of the district; specially prepared for the delegates attending the 44th Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes: At Pontefract, on June 22nd and 23rd, 1881

Holmes, Richard (1826-1900); Tew, Thomas William (1828-); Tew, Thomas William (1828-); Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes. Meeting

1881

1-18 p, 2nd count: Paper read before the delegates of the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes, 23rd June, 1881, by Thomas William Tew; the paper is on Osgoldcross, in particular Wentdale, and som...

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Discussion of Mr. William Morley Egglestone's paper on "The geology of the Little Whin Sill, Weardale, County Durham" : the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. General meeting at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 9th, 1910

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Meeting

1910

"Excerpt from the Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers, vol. XXXIX., part 2".

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The geology of Pennsylvania : a government survey with a general view of the geology of the United States, essays on coal-formation and its fossils, and a description of the coal-fields of North America and Great Britain (v.1)

Rogers, Henry Darwin (1808-1866); Rogers, William Barton (1804-1882); Lesquereux, Leo (1806-1889); Pennsylvania Geological Survey

1858

Vol. II, pts. I-II, paged continuously. 7 maps in folder. "On the origin and accumulation of the proto-carbonate of iron in Coal-Measures, &c. by Professor William B. Rogers": v. 2, pt. 2, p. 737-...

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The geology of Pennsylvania : a government survey with a general view of the geology of the United States, essays on coal-formation and its fossils, and a description of the coal-fields of North America and Great Britain (v.2, pt.1)

Rogers, Henry Darwin (1808-1866); Rogers, William Barton (1804-1882); Lesquereux, Leo (1806-1889); Pennsylvania Geological Survey

1858

Vol. II, pts. I-II, paged continuously. 7 maps in folder. "On the origin and accumulation of the proto-carbonate of iron in Coal-Measures, &c. by Professor William B. Rogers": v. 2, pt. 2, p. 737-...

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The geology of Pennsylvania : a government survey with a general view of the geology of the United States, essays on coal-formation and its fossils, and a description of the coal-fields of North America and Great Britain (v.2, pt.2)

Rogers, Henry Darwin (1808-1866); Rogers, William Barton (1804-1882); Lesquereux, Leo (1806-1889); Pennsylvania Geological Survey

1858

Vol. II, pts. I-II, paged continuously. 7 maps in folder. "On the origin and accumulation of the proto-carbonate of iron in Coal-Measures, &c. by Professor William B. Rogers": v. 2, pt. 2, p. 737-...

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The geology of Pennsylvania : a government survey with a general view of the geology of the United States, essays on coal-formation and its fossils, and a description of the coal-fields of North America and Great Britain (Maps)

Rogers, Henry Darwin (1808-1866); Rogers, William Barton (1804-1882); Lesquereux, Leo (1806-1889); Pennsylvania Geological Survey

1858

Vol. II, pts. I-II, paged continuously. 7 maps in folder. "On the origin and accumulation of the proto-carbonate of iron in Coal-Measures, &c. by Professor William B. Rogers": v. 2, pt. 2, p. 737-...

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Acadian geology : The geological structure, organic remains, and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island

Dawson, Sir John William (1820-1899)

1878

The supplement has separate t.p. and pagination: Supplement to the second edition of Acadian geology, containing additional facts as to the geological structure, fossil remains, and mineral resources ...

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Pagan and Christian Mythology

1955-1976

This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...

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