Memoirs of the Geological survey of England and Wales
Subtitle: vol. I [-IV, pt. I]
By: pub. by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
Contributors: Museum of Practical Geology (London, England)
Publisher: Printed for H.M. Stationery Office
Published: 1846
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Bibliography; Geology
Notes: No more published.

Second edition of v. 3 published in 1881.

Title varies: v. l, Memoirs of the Geological survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of economic geology in London. v.2-3, Memoirs of the Geological survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of practical geology.
Table of contents: title: vol. I, I. On the formation of the rocks of South Wales and south western England / by Sir Henry T. de la Beche. II. On the denudation of South Wales and the adjacent counties of England / by Andrew C. Ramsay. III. On the connexion between the distribution of the existing fauna and flora of the British Isles, and the geological changes which have affected their area, especially during the epoch of the northern drift / by Edward Forbes. IV. Remarks on the influence of magnetism and voltaic electricity on crystallization and other conditions of matter / by Robert Hunt. V. On the gases evolved during the formation of coal / by Dr. Lyon Playfair. VI. Note on the Gogofau, or Ogofau, mine, near Pumpsant, Cacrmarthenshire / by Warington W. Smyth. VII. An account of the mining academies of Saxony and Hungary / by Warington W. Smyth. VIII. A notice of the mining establishment of France. IX. An account of the coal and lignite raised, and of the iron and steel manufactured in France. X. A notice of the copper and tin raised in Cornwall / by Robert Hunt; title: vol. II, pt. 1. The Malvern Hills compared with the Pal©Œozoic districts of Abberley, &c. / by John Phillips. Pal©Œontological appendix to Professor John Phillips' memoir on the Malvern Hills compared with the Pal©Œozoic districts of Abberley, &c. / by John Phillips and John William Salter; title: vol. II, pt. 2. On the vegetation of the Carboniferous period, as compared with that of the present day / by Dr. Hooker. On some peculiarities in the structure of Stigmaria / by Dr. Hooker. Remarks on the structure and affinities of some Lepidostrobi / by Dr. Hooker. On the Asterid©Œ found fossil in the British strata / by Professor Edward Forbes. On the Cystid©Œ of the Silurian rocks on the British Islans / by Professor Edward Forbes. First report on the coals suited to the steam navy / by Sir Henry de la Beche and Dr. Lyon Playfair. An experiment on the influence of a weak voltaic current upon matter / by Robert Hunt. Notices of the history of the lead mines of Cardiganshire / by Robert Hunt. On the mining district of Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire / by Warington W. Smyth. On the composition of some of the limestones used for building purposes, especially on those employed in the erection of the new Houses of Parliament / by Thomas Ransome and Benjamin Cooper. Produce of lead ore and lead in the United Kingdom for the years 1845 and 1846 : from returns made to the Mining Record Office, Museum of Practical Geology. Produce of lead ore and lead for 1847. Table of the copper produced from the mines of Cornwall and Devon, for the year 1845, 1846, and 1847. Tables showing the sales of copper ore at Swansea, from 1804 to 1847 inclusive; title: vol. III. The geology of North Wales / by A.C. Ramsay ... and an appendix on the fossils ; with plates by J.W. Salter; title: vol. IV. The geology of the London basin. pt. I. The Chalk and Eocene beds of the southern and western tracts / by William Whitaker.