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The renowned geologist Robert Jameson (1774-1854) held the chair of
natural history at Edinburgh from 1804 until his death. A pupil of
Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, he was in turn one of Charles Darwin's
teachers. Originally a follower of Werner's influential theory of
Neptunism to explain the formation of the earth's crust, he was
later won over by the idea that the earth was formed by natural
processes over geological time. Jameson was a controversial writer,
accused of bias towards those who shared his Wernerian sympathies,
such as Cuvier, while attacking Playfair, Hutton and Lyell. This
book, first published in 1805, of which the 1816 second edition is
reissued here, gives physical descriptions of the minerals
discussed in his three-volume System of Mineralogy (also reissued
in this series). Dividing minerals into solid, friable and fluid
types, he describes and gives the English, German, French and Latin
names of each.
Robert Jameson (1774 1854) was a renowned geologist who held the
chair of natural history at Edinburgh from 1804 until his death. A
pupil of Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, he was in turn one of Charles
Darwin's teachers. Originally a follower of Werner's influential
theory of Neptunism to explain the formation of the earth's crust,
and an opponent of Hutton and Playfair, he was later won over by
the idea that the earth was formed by natural processes over
geological time. He was a controversial writer, accused of bias
towards those who shared his Wernerian sympathies such as Cuvier,
while attacking Playfair, Hutton and Lyell. He built up an enormous
collection of geological specimens, which provided the evidence for
his System of Mineralogy, first published in 1808 and here
reprinted from the second edition of 1816. Volume 1 deals with what
Jameson terms 'earthy minerals', including diamonds, rubies and
feldspar.
Robert Jameson (1774 1854) was a renowned geologist who held the
chair of natural history at Edinburgh from 1804 until his death. A
pupil of Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, he was in turn one of Charles
Darwin's teachers. Originally a follower of Werner's influential
theory of Neptunism to explain the formation of the earth's crust,
and an opponent of Hutton and Playfair, he was later won over by
the idea that the earth was formed by natural processes over
geological time. He was a controversial writer, accused of bias
towards those who shared his Wernerian sympathies such as Cuvier,
while attacking Playfair, Hutton and Lyell. He built up an enormous
collection of geological specimens, which provided the evidence for
his System of Mineralogy, first published in 1808 and here
reprinted from the second edition of 1816. Volume 2 continues
'earthy minerals' and covers saline and inflammable minerals,
including coals.
Robert Jameson (1774 1854) was a renowned geologist who held the
chair of natural history at Edinburgh from 1804 until his death. A
pupil of Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, he was in turn one of Charles
Darwin's teachers. Originally a follower of Werner's influential
theory of Neptunism to explain the formation of the earth's crust,
and an opponent of Hutton and Playfair, he was later won over by
the idea that the earth was formed by natural processes over
geological time. He was a controversial writer, accused of bias
towards those who shared his Wernerian sympathies such as Cuvier,
while attacking Playfair, Hutton and Lyell. He built up an enormous
collection of geological specimens, which provided the evidence for
his System of Mineralogy, first published in 1808 and here
reprinted from the second edition of 1816. Volume 3 deals with
metal ores such as gold, iron and lead.
In Travels Through Norway and Lapland, Leopold von Buch
(1774-1853), a German geologist and palaeontologist, recounts his
expedition to Scandinavia in 1806-1808. This book, originally
published in Berlin in 1810, and in this English translation in
1813, describes these large, sparsely populated regions at the turn
of the nineteenth century. The translator's preface provides an
important geo-political backdrop - the possibility of war in Norway
and the machinations of Sweden, Russia and Great Britain over the
future of this territory. Von Buch's observations, however, are
firmly engaged with the scientific. He writes that his motivation
for the expedition was to find out how the harsh climate influenced
the land, and he records detailed information about the weather and
the region's mineralogy and geological structure. He also describes
the local population, providing a wide-ranging account of life in
the remote reaches of Northern Europe.
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