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Genre/Form: | Handbooks Handbooks and manuals Book prices (Publishing) Handbooks, manuals, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Herschel, John F.W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. Manual of scientific enquiry. London, J. Murray, 1871 (OCoLC)593527916 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John F W Herschel; Robert Main; Charles Darwin; Great Britain. Admiralty. |
OCLC Number: | 6384797 |
Notes: | At head of title: Published by authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty. With contributions from many authors, including C. Darwin. |
Description: | xvi, 392 pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
Contents: | Astronomy / by G.B. Airy. -- Hydrography / by Rear-Admiral F.W. Beechey (revised by Admiral G.H. Richards). -- Tides / by Rev. Dr. Whewell (revised by the editor). -- Terrestrial magnetism / by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Sabine. -- Meteorology / by Sir J.F.W. Herschel. -- Atmospheric waves / by W.R. Birt. -- Geography / by W.J. Hamilton. -- Statistics / by G.R. Porter (revised by W. Newmarch). -- Medical statistics / by Alexander Bryson (revised by W. Aitken). -- Ethnology / by J.C. Pritchard (revised by E.B. Tylor). -- Geology / by Charles Darwin (revised by J. Phillips). -- Mineralogy / by Sir Henry de la Beche (revised by W.H. Miller). -- Seismology / by Robert Mallet. -- Zoology / by Richard Owen. -- Botany / by Sir William Hooker (revised by J.D. Hooker). |
Responsibility: | originally edited by Sir John F.W. Herschel, bart. |
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