'Our favourite science': Lord Bute and James Parkinson searching for a Theory of the Earth

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 310, Issue , 2009, Pages 111-126

  Lewis, Cherry L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; RELIGION; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 71949128960     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP310.14     Document Type: Article

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