OCTAVO PAGES 363 TO 574 BOUND IN A FLEXIBLE GREEN COVER PAPER LABEL. THE SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF STRATA IN STRATIFIED ROCKS L A NECKER; ON THE EQUATIONS OF LOCI TRACED UPON THE SURFACE OF THE SPHERE AS EXPRESSED BY SPHERICAL CO-ORDINATES BY T S DAVIES; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES REGARDING CERTAIN VIBRATIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE BETWEEN METALLIC MASSES HAVING DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES BY J D FORBES; OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SALMON HERRING AND VENDACE BY R KNOX; OBSERVATIONS ON THE LINES OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM AND ON THOSE PRODUCED BY THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND BY THE ACTION OF NITROUS ACID GAS BY SIR D BREWSTER; ABSTRACT OF A PAPER ACCOMPANYING A SUITE OF VOLCANIC ROCKS FROM THE LIPARI ISLANDS BY ROBERT ALLAN; ON THE COLOURS OF NATURAL BODIES BY SIR D BREWSTER. PLUS A LIST OF MEMBERS. A TOTAL 7 IMPORTANT PAPERS. A VERY GOOD COPY CLEAN AND FRESH WITH SOME PAGES UNCUT.
Author:
NECKER L. A., DAVIES T. S., FORBES J. D., KNOX R., BREWSTER D. AND ALLAN R.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. PHOTOGRAPHS BY NEVILLE COOPER. THIS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND IMMENSELY READABLE BOOK HAS A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE TO THE HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER DERWENT A SMALL AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY WHICH IN LESS THAN A HUNDRED YEARS UNDERWENT A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION.
