Collecting the new, rare and curious: letters selected from the correspondence of the Cornish mineralogists Philip Rashleigh, John Hawkins and William Gregor, 1755-1822

Mineral collectors made a significant contribution to the development of mineralogy as a science and the rich variety of specimens found in the South West of England enabled Cornish collectors to play a significant part in this process. This volume contains 168 letters selected from the corresponden...

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Hauptverfasser: Rashleigh, Philip (VerfasserIn), Hawkins, John 1761-1841 (VerfasserIn), Gregor, William 1761-1817 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cleevely, R. J. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Woodbridge Boydell & Brewer 2023
Schriftenreihe:Devon and Cornwall Record Society (Series) volume 52
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Zusammenfassung:Mineral collectors made a significant contribution to the development of mineralogy as a science and the rich variety of specimens found in the South West of England enabled Cornish collectors to play a significant part in this process. This volume contains 168 letters selected from the correspondence of three 18th-century Cornishmen - Philip Rashleigh, the Reverend William Gregor, and John Hawkins - with other British and European researchers. It illustrates the motives of collectors and the ways in which improvements in identifying and studying minerals were made
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 2011. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (lxxxv, 246 Seiten, 8 ungezähle Tafelseiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781787447721
DOI:10.1017/9781787447721

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