John Phillips and the business of Victorian science / Jack Morrell.
John Phillips and the business of Victorian science / Jack Morrell.
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Aldershot, England : ASHGATE, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N551.092/5
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English
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xix, 437 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The scientific apprentice 1800-1834 -- 1. The apprentice mineral surveyor -- 2. The young lecturer and keeper -- 3. The spreading reputation 1829-1833 -- Pt. II. Making a career 1834-1853 -- 4. The provincial base -- 5. The professor and popular writer -- 6. The geological survey 1836-1841 --...
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Aldershot, England : ASHGATE, 2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2005.
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"John Phillips was one of the most remarkable and important scientists of the Victorian period. Orphaned at the age of seven and brought up by his uncle, he rose to hold a number of highly prestigious posts within the British academic and scientific community, despite lacking a university education. By the time of his death in 1874 he was widely re...
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John Phillips and the business of Victorian science / Jack Morrell.
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Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N551.092/5
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74VKdpeg7Ap3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdpeg7Ap3
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ISBN
1840142391 (alk. paper)
9781840142396 (alk. paper)
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551.092
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991019838969702626
