The language of mineralogy : John Walker, chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800 / / Matthew D. Eddy |
Autore | Eddy Matthew <1972-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 508.092 |
Collana | Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945 |
Soggetto topico |
Naturalists - Scotland
Science - Scotland - History - 18th century Mineralogy - Scotland Natural history - Scotland Enlightenment - Scotland |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-351-88714-9
1-138-26564-0 1-315-23880-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. Who was John Walker? The life of a notable naturalist -- 2. Sorting the evidence : analysis and the nomenclature of matter -- 3. Becoming a naturalist : travel, classification and patronage -- 4. Systematic mineralogy : arranging the fabric of the globe -- 5. Ordering the earth : the chemical foundations of geology -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154577603321 |
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Scotland illustrated, or, An essay of natural history [[electronic resource] ] : in which are exquisitely displayed the nature of the country, the dispositions and manners of the inhabitants, and the various diseases incident to them, and likewise their proper method of cure resulting from their native medicines : and the manifold productions of nature in its three-fold kingdom, (viz.) vegetable, animal and mineral, dispersed throughout the northern part of Great Brittain, which makes up the most ancient kingdom of Scotland, are now exactly collected and published together, and their various uses, (especialy medicinal and mechanical, for the necessity as well as the accommodation of life) : clearly laid open to all : illustrated with near fifty copper plates, being the work of twenty years / / published by the command of the Most Illustrious Monarch Charles II, King of Great Britain, &c. by Sir R. Sibbald . |
Autore | Sibbald Robert, Sir, <1641-1722.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Printed by J.K., J.S. and J.C., and are to be sold by Dorman Newman ..., 1684 |
Descrizione fisica | 368 p. in various pagings, [20] leaves of plates : ill |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Scotland
Medicine - Scotland |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | lat |
Nota di contenuto | [Pt. 1] Nuncius Scoto-Britannus, sive, Admonitio de Atlante Scotico seu descriptione Scotiæ antiquæ et modernæ. 1683 -- Pt. 2, t. 1. De plantis Scotiæ. 1684 -- Pt. 2, t. 2. De animalibus Scotiæ tam feris quam domesticis et de mineralibus metallis et marinis Scotiæ. 1684. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996386527503316 |
Sibbald Robert, Sir, <1641-1722.>
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Edinburgh, : Printed by J.K., J.S. and J.C., and are to be sold by Dorman Newman ..., 1684 | ||
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Scotland illustrated, or, An essay of natural history [[electronic resource] ] : in which are exquisitely displayed the nature of the country ... and the manifold productions of nature in its three-fold kingdom ... / / Sir R. Sibbald . |
Autore | Sibbald Robert, Sir, <1641-1722.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Printed by J.K. J.S. and J.C., : And are to be sold by Tho. Malthus ..., 1684 |
Descrizione fisica | [12], 15, [15], 102, [12], 114, [12], 37, [7], 41-56, [47] p. : ill |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Scotland
Medicine - Scotland |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | lat |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996385010703316 |
Sibbald Robert, Sir, <1641-1722.>
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Edinburgh, : Printed by J.K. J.S. and J.C., : And are to be sold by Tho. Malthus ..., 1684 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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