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Unpublished paper, 'Niagara Falls as a chronometer of geological time' by J W [Joseph William Winthrop] Spencer

Reference number: AP/70/7

Date: 1894

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Spencer presents observations on the geology of the district, modern and ancient topography, the discharge of the Niagara River, the modern recession of the Falls, laws of erosion, the relation between the terrestrial or epeirogenic movements and Niagara Falls and the relation of the Falls to geological time.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Geology

Received 16 March 1894. Read 7 June 1894. Communicated by [Thomas George] Bonney.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 56 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Niagara falls as a chronometer of geological time'.

Reference number
AP/70/7
Earliest possible date
1894
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
36 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

Joseph William Winthrop Spencer

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Joseph William Winthrop Spencer, Unpublished paper, 'Niagara Falls as a chronometer of geological time' by J W [Joseph William Winthrop] Spencer, 1894, AP/70/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_70_7/unpublished-paper-niagara-falls-as-a-chronometer-of-geological-time-by-j-w-joseph-william-winthrop-spencer, accessed on 14 September 2024

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