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A dissertation on the antiquity of the earth : read at the Royal Society, 12th May, 1785 / by the Rev. James Douglas ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection QE508 .D6 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglas, James, 1753-1819.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth (Planet)--Age.
- Earth (Planet).
- Age.
- Paleontology--Early works to 1800.
- Paleontology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (copy 1)
- Morgan, John B., Mrs. (donor) (copy 2)
- Physical Description:
- iv, vii, that is, v pages, 1 unnumbered page, iv, 86 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm (folio)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty ..., 1785.
- Notes:
- Title vignette.
- "Many extravagant notions having been lately propagated on the subject of animal and testaceous petrifications, I have presumed to transmit ... some important facts, which may possibly admit of data for a more comprehensive inquiry into these phoenomena"--p. [1].
- Errata on last leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Copy 1 bound with copy 1 of: Whitehurst, John. Observations on the ventilation of rooms. London : Printed for W. Bent, 1794.
- OCLC:
- 15395984
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