XIV. On the Rocks in the vicinity of Edinburgh
Although science has only within these few years acknowledged the importance of Geology, the eagerness with which it has been cultivated, affords sufficient proof of the interest it is capable of creating. Of this we have a recent example in the laborious undertaking of Sir George Mackenzie and his...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s008045680002843x 2024-09-15T18:13:48+00:00 XIV. On the Rocks in the vicinity of Edinburgh Allan, Thomas 1812 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s008045680002843x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S008045680002843X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 6, page 405-433 ISSN 1755-6910 1755-6929 journal-article 1812 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s008045680002843x 2024-07-31T04:04:38Z Although science has only within these few years acknowledged the importance of Geology, the eagerness with which it has been cultivated, affords sufficient proof of the interest it is capable of creating. Of this we have a recent example in the laborious undertaking of Sir George Mackenzie and his friends, who, not with standing all the dangers presented by a voyage through the most tempestuous ocean, and the deprivations to which they were exposed, in a journey through a country destitute of the slightest trace to guide the route of the traveller, were not deterred from exploring the inhospitable shores of Iceland. These, and other travellers, have extended our knowledge of various districts on the surface of the globe; but we have still to lament the extreme imperfection of the science, which, as yet, has assumed no decided character or form. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Cambridge University Press Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 6 405 433 |
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Although science has only within these few years acknowledged the importance of Geology, the eagerness with which it has been cultivated, affords sufficient proof of the interest it is capable of creating. Of this we have a recent example in the laborious undertaking of Sir George Mackenzie and his friends, who, not with standing all the dangers presented by a voyage through the most tempestuous ocean, and the deprivations to which they were exposed, in a journey through a country destitute of the slightest trace to guide the route of the traveller, were not deterred from exploring the inhospitable shores of Iceland. These, and other travellers, have extended our knowledge of various districts on the surface of the globe; but we have still to lament the extreme imperfection of the science, which, as yet, has assumed no decided character or form. |
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