Adam Sedgwick

The Life and Letters of Adam Sedgwick

Volume 1
Herausgeber: Clark, John Willis; Hughes, Thomas McKenny

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1890, this two-part collection is composed of extensive extracts from Sedgwick's letters. Volume I covers the period 1785 to 1840.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 927g
• ISBN-13: 9780521137706
• ISBN-10: 0521137705
• Artikelnr.: 28516947

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Birth of Adam Sedgwick
3. Begins residence at Trinity College, Cambridge (1804)
4. Work with pupils
5. Sketch of the life and works of Dr John Woodward
6. Excursion to Derbyshire and Staffordshire (1818)
7. Geological exploration of the Lake District (1822-1824)
8. The Geological Society
9. The Reform Bill
10. Cambridge occupations
11. Geological work accomplished between 1828 and 1838.