Paper, 'On the alterations that have taken place in the structure of rocks, on the surface of the basaltic country in the counties of Derry and Antrim' from William Richardson to Humphry Davy
Reference number: PT/2/14
Date: 18 April 1808
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88 manuscript pages and two fold-out watercolour illustrations of surface rock structure at Portmoon and Bengore Promontory at Pleskin near Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A letter on the alterations that have taken place in the structure of rocks, on the surface of the basaltic country in the counties of Derry and Antrim'.
Sent by Richardson from Richhill.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
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- PT/2/14
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- 18 April 1808
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- 90 pages
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William Richardson
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William Richardson, Paper, 'On the alterations that have taken place in the structure of rocks, on the surface of the basaltic country in the counties of Derry and Antrim' from William Richardson to Humphry Davy, 18 April 1808, PT/2/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_2_14/paper-on-the-alterations-that-have-taken-place-in-the-structure-of-rocks-on-the-surface-of-the-basaltic-country-in-the-counties-of-derry-and-antrim-from-william-richardson-to-humphry-davy, accessed on 09 December 2024
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A letter on the alterations that have taken place in the structure of rocks, on the surface of the basaltic country in the counties of Derry and Antrim . Addressed to Humphry Davy, Esq. Sec. R. S. By William Richardson, D. D External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1832
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0164
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Date: 31st December 1808
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1808.0015
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1808
April 1807 - December 1808 Reference number: PT/2
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