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Minéralogie Des Volcans: Ou, Description de Toutes Les Substances Produites Ou Rejetées Par Les Feux Souterrains

Minéralogie Des Volcans: Ou, Description de Toutes Les Substances Produites Ou Rejetées Par Les Feux Souterrains

Faujas-De-St -Fond, B.
Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthelemy

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

Geology

ISBN10: 1108070574
ISBN13: 9781108070577
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 25 2014
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: French
Abandoning a promising career in the law, Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819) enjoyed the encouragement of the eminent scientist Buffon in pursuing his love of natural history. His keen interest in rocks, minerals and fossils led to a number of important discoveries, among which was confirmation that basalt was a volcanic product. Appointed assistant naturalist at the natural history museum in Paris, he became a professor of geology in 1793, occupying this position until his death. This 1784 work begins with concise accounts of numerous varieties of basalt, describing the key features of each, before moving on to discuss several other volcanic products, including breccia and pozzolana. Of related interest, two other works by Faujas, Essai de géologie (1803-9) and the revised English edition of A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 (1907), are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

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