A Selection of the Geological Memoirs Contained in the Annales des Mines (Paperback)

Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796 1855) was a talented and influential geologist. A friend of Mary Anning, he produced the famous lithograph Duria antiquior (1830), the first reconstruction of a scene from an ancient world, to support her work. He promoted government involvement in geology and became the founding Director of the British Geological Survey, which was officially recognised in 1835. Inspired by his work in Cornwall, he later founded the Royal School of Mines and the Museum of Practical Geology. Among his published works was a Manual of Geology (1831), which went through three English editions and was published in France, Germany and America. This 1824 collection of translations includes studies on sites across Europe and notes on the production of an early geological map of France. He also provides a table of equivalent formations and a translation of Brongniart's Classification of the Mixed Rocks.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	May 2012
Editors:	Henry T. De La Beche
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	406
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04840-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General
LSN:	1-108-04840-4
Barcode:	9781108048408

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