On the different theories of the Earth, by Adam Hunter

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  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 98
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1821
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 56 ff., unbound, in an envelope. Contemporary ink foliation 1-55. Written on one side of the leaves only, with numerous additions and corrections on blank pages. The edges of many of the leaves are torn. There is a watermark dated 1819 in the paper

Scope and Content

Comprises a lecture read to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, December 21, 1821; see the note on f. 56v

Administrative / Biographical History

Adam Hunter (1794-1843) was a physician to the House of Recovery at Leeds who wrote chiefly on mineralogy.

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Acquisition Information

The gift of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

Note

In English

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