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The French geologist BarthÃlemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741â1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history, working at the museum of natural history in Paris and as royal commissioner of mines. His enthusiasm for geology took him in 1784 to Britain, to investigate the basalt formations on the Hebridean island of Staffa described by Sir Joseph Banks in Pennant's Tour in Scotland (also reissued in this series). His subsequent account was published in France in 1797, and first translated into English in an abridged form in 1814. This two-volume annotated translation by the well-known geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835â1924), prefaced by a short biography of Faujas, was published in 1907. The work is interesting for its social as well as its geological observations. Volume 1 describes life in scientific circles in London, before recounting Faujas' journey to the Highlands of Scotland via Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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Preface; Memoir of the author; 1. London; 2. Sir Joseph Banks' country-house; 3. Arts and manufactures; 4. Monument to the fire of London; 5. Departure for Scotland; 6. Newcastle; 7. Departure from Newcastle; 8. Doctor Swediaur; 9. Departure from Edinburgh; 10. Departure from Glasgow; 11. Departure from Inverary; 12. Departure from Dalmally; 13. Natural history of Oban.

A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 A Revised Edition of the English Translation Edited with Notes and a Memoir of the British and Irish History 19th Century

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 5 August 2014
      ISBN-13 9781108071567
      978-1108071567
      ISBN-10 1108071562
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The French geologist BarthÃlemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741â1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history, working at the museum of natural history in Paris and as royal commissioner of mines. His enthusiasm for geology took him in 1784 to Britain, to investigate the basalt formations on the Hebridean island of Staffa described by Sir Joseph Banks in Pennant's Tour in Scotland (also reissued in this series). His subsequent account was published in France in 1797, and first translated into English in an abridged form in 1814. This two-volume annotated translation by the well-known geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835â1924), prefaced by a short biography of Faujas, was published in 1907. The work is interesting for its social as well as its geological observations. Volume 1 describes life in scientific circles in London, before recounting Faujas' journey to the Highlands of Scotland via Edinburgh and Glasgow.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Memoir of the author; 1. London; 2. Sir Joseph Banks' country-house; 3. Arts and manufactures; 4. Monument to the fire of London; 5. Departure for Scotland; 6. Newcastle; 7. Departure from Newcastle; 8. Doctor Swediaur; 9. Departure from Edinburgh; 10. Departure from Glasgow; 11. Departure from Inverary; 12. Departure from Dalmally; 13. Natural history of Oban.

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