Author: AA.,VV., 1851-
Title: Records of the School of Mines and of Science Applied to the Arts: Separates of all 7 papers published in the vol
Description: 1853. 1 bound together: Inaugural and introductory lectures to the courses for the session 1851-2 + vol. 1 part 3: Smyth W.W. - On the mines of Wicklow and Wexford (all bound together) In 8vo, half leather with gilt lettering on spine (scraped), pp. 24+16+29+27+25+19+24+(18); 349-409+12+8 with 3 pls. Papers are: De La Beche H.T. - Inaugural discourse to the opening of the school; Forbes E. - The relations of natural history to geology and the arts; Plyfair K. - On the national importance of studying abstract science with a view to the healthy progress of industry; Smyth W.W. - On the value of an extended knowledge of mineralogy and the processes of mining; Percy J. - On the importance of special scientific knowledge to the practical metallurgist; Hunt R. - On the importance of cultivating habits of observation; Ramsay A.C. - On the science of geology and its applications

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