An elementary treatise on geology: determining fundamental points in that science, and containing an examination of some modern geological systems, and particularly of the Huttonian theory of the earth / By J.A. De Luc, F.R.S. Translated from the French manuscript, by the Rev. Henry De la Fite.

  • Luc, J. A. de (Jean André), 1727-1817.
Date:
1809
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Credit: An elementary treatise on geology: determining fundamental points in that science, and containing an examination of some modern geological systems, and particularly of the Huttonian theory of the earth / By J.A. De Luc, F.R.S. Translated from the French manuscript, by the Rev. Henry De la Fite. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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