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Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth / by John Playfair, a facsimile reprint with an introduction by George W. White.
LIBRA - Rare QE26 .P4 1964 Adams copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Playfair, John, 1748-1819, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology.
- Hutton, James, 1726-1797. Theory of the earth.
- Hutton, James.
- Hutton, James, 1726-1797.
- Theory of the earth (Hutton, James).
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph, December, 1969) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, xx, 528 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications Inc., [1964, ©1956]
- Notes:
- This Dover edition, originally published in 1964, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the facsimile reprint of Playfair's Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth (1802) published by the University of Illinois in 1956.
- Advertisements: [5] pages at end.
- Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages xvii-xix, 1st group).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018
- OCLC:
- 487292
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