British and Foreign Building Stones
British and Foreign Building Stones
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge
John Watson
May 2015
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Originally published in 1911, this book contains a list of the specimens of stones in the collection of the Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge that are suitable for use in construction. Watson prefaces the catalogue with descriptive notes on the various types of stone, their natural location and genesis, in language that is accessible to non-geologists. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of the Sedgwick Museum or the history of science.
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May 2015Paperback
9781107505780
492 pages
198 × 129 × 25 mm
0.48kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Descriptive notes: British, colonial and foreign building stones
- Catalogue: British building stones
- Colonial and foreign building stones
- Index.
