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Book/Printed Material Essays on natural history and rural economy.

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Title

  • Essays on natural history and rural economy.

Names

  • Walker, John, 1731-1803.

Created / Published

  • Edinburgh, Printed at the University press, 1808.

Contents

  • A catalogue of some of the most considerable trees in Scotland.--Natural history of the inhabitants of the Highlands.--History of the Island of Icolumbkil.--History of the Island of Jura.--A description of the Basse and its productions.--The history of shell marle.--Public lecture, anno 1788, on the utility and progress of natural history and manner of philosophising.--Memoirs of Sir Andrew Balfour.--The natural history of Loch-Leven.--Mineralogical journal from Edinburgh to Elliock.--Mineralogical journal from Edinburgh to London.--Salicetum, the botanical history and cultivation of willows.--Mammalia scotica.--Statistical account of the parish of Collington.--Memorial concerning the scarcity of grain in Scotland in 1801.

Headings

  • -  Balfour, Andrew,--Sir,--1630-1694
  • -  Natural history--Scotland
  • -  Scotland--Description and travel

Medium

  • 2 p.l., II, 629 p. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QH141 .W3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 15012331

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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