- sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, Commons category, taxonomy, Wikidata item.
Scottish geologist who invented the Silurian system
Roderick Impey Murchison
Works
- Geology of Cheltenham (1834)
- The Silurian System (1839)
- On the Geological Structure of the Northern and Central Regions of Russia in Europe (1841)
- The Geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains, with Philippe Édouard Poulletier de Verneuil and Alexander von Keyserling, in two volumes (1845)
- Notice, in The South Staffordshire Coalfield, Joseph Beete Jukes, second edition, H.M. Stationery Office. (1859)
- "On the Inapplicability of the New Term "Dyas" to the "Permian" Group of Rocks, as Proposed by Dr. Geinitz" in The Geologist, 5 (1862), pp. 4–10
Works about Murchison
- "Sir Roderick Impey Murchison". The Athenaeum (No. 2296): 563–564. 28 October 1871.
- "Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, Bart.," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Murchison, Roderick Impey," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.