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Title Records of the School of Mines and of Science Applied to the Arts Volume 1. Part 1. Inaugral and introductory lectures to the courses for the session 1851-2
Ref no VF1/1
Year of publication 1852
Abstract Contents: The study of abstract science essential to the progress of industry. On the importance of special scientific knowledge to the practical metallurgist (being the introductory lecture to the course of metallurgy, session 1851-1852). On the value of an extended knowledge of mineralogy and the processes of mining (being the introductory lecture to the course of mineralogy and mining). On the science of geology and its applications (being the introductory lecture to the course of geology, session 1851-1852). The relations of natural history to geology and the arts (a lecture introductory to the course to be delivered during the session 1851-1852). Inaugural discourse delivered at the opening of the School of Mines and of Science applied to the Arts, 6th November 1851. On the importance of cultivating habits of observation (the introductory lecture to the course on mechanical science session 1851-1852).
Publisher HMSO
Place of publication London
Series Records of the School of Mines and of Science Applied to the Arts
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