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Roderick Impey Murchison

A Scottish geologist (Wikipedia).

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British geologist (1792-1871)

Born 22 February 1792
Died 22 October 1871

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  • Cover of: Siluria.: The history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains, with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the earth.
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  • Cover of: Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London: delivered at the anniversary meeting on the 28th May, 1866
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  • Cover of: On the parts of England and Wales in which coal may and may not be looked for beyond the known coal-fields
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  • Cover of: On the relative powers of glaciers and floating icebergs in modifying the surface of the earth
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  • Cover of: Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London: delivered at the anniversary meeting on the 23rd May, 1853 : preceded by observations on presenting the royal medals of the year
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  • Cover of: First sketch of a new geological map of Scotland with explanatory notes
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  • Cover of: Geological map of England and Wales, with all the railways.

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  • Cover of: The geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural mountains

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  • Cover of: On the anticipation of the discovery of gold in Australia: with a general view ofthe conditions under which that metal is distributed

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  • Cover of: On the distribution of the flint drift of the south-east of England, to the southand north of the Weald, and over the surface of the South Downs

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  • Cover of: On the meaning of the term "silurian system" as adopted by geologists in variouscountries during the last ten years

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  • Cover of: On the occurrence of numerous fragments of fir-wood in the islands of the arctic archipelago: with remarks on the rock-specimens brought from that region
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  • Cover of: On the Silurian rocks of the south of Scotland

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  • Cover of: On the slaty rocks of the Sichon: and on the origin of the mineral springs of Vichy.

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  • Cover of: On the vents of hot vapour in Tuscany: and their relations to ancient lines of fracture and eruption

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  • Cover of: The Silurian system, founded on geological researches in the counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford: with descriptions of the coalfields and overlying formations.
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British geologist (1792-1871)

Born 22 February 1792
Died 22 October 1871

Subjects

Geology, Geology, Stratigraphic, Stratigraphic Geology, Geography, Gold, Paleontology, Bois, Coal, Coalfields, Expeditions, Glaciers, Géologie, Maps, Wood

Places

England, Great Britain, Arctic regions, Ayrshire, Italy, Russia (Federation), Scotland, Soviet Union, Ural Mountains Region, Wales

Time

Silurian

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
April 24, 2016 Edited by Agnes Reid Very brief bio & Wikipedia link, with Wikisource link
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import