On the Blackheath pebble-bed, and on certain phaenomena in the geology of the neighbourhood of London / Sir Charles Lyell.

  • Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875.
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[1852]
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Credit: On the Blackheath pebble-bed, and on certain phaenomena in the geology of the neighbourhood of London / Sir Charles Lyell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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