Economic and ornamental geology: The geological and polytechnic society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1837-53

Metropolis and Province: Science in British Culture, 1780-1850

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 231-256

  Morrell, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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