A description of active and extinct volcanos. With remarks on their origin, their chemical phaenomena, and the character of their products, as determined by the condition of the earth during the period of their formation. Being the substance of some lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, with much additional matter / By Charles Daubeny.

  • Charles Daubeny
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1826
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Credit: A description of active and extinct volcanos. With remarks on their origin, their chemical phaenomena, and the character of their products, as determined by the condition of the earth during the period of their formation. Being the substance of some lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, with much additional matter / By Charles Daubeny. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ASIA. No works strictly Geological. The Travels which contain most information on the physical structure of this quarter of the Globe, are, Arabia, Syria, Asia Minor, Persia. Niebuhr Beschreibung von Arabien. Copenhagen. 1772. 4to. [Translated into French 1773.] Sestini Voyage de Constantinople a Bassora, en 1781. [Translated from the Italian.] *Sestini Briefer! iiber die Vulkane von Syria und Meso- potamia, in the Deutschen Mercur. Volney Voyage en Syrie and Egypte. 3d edition. Paris. 1800. Olivier Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman. 3 Vols. 4to. 1807. Morier Journey through Persia, 2 Vols. 4to. 1808—9. Seetzen Researches, published under the title of, A Brief Account of the countries adjoining the Lake Tiberias, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea. London,1810. Also in Zach’s Correspondence, Vol. 13, p. 551. Vol. 18, p. 425. Buckingham .. .Travels in Palestine. 1821. Burckhardt ... .Travels in Syria. 1822. CAUCASUS. Pallas Travels in the Russian Empire. 5 Vols. 4to. 178£. Reineggs Beschreibung des Kaukasus. Gotha und St. Pe- tersburg, 1796. Klaproth Reise in dem Kaukasus. Halle und Berlin. 1812. Engelhardt & Parrot, Reise in dem Krym und Caucasus. Berlin, 1825. Sir Ker Porter..Travels in Georgia, 4to. 1822. See also Tournefort, Clarke, and others.
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