Science on four wheels
Subtitle: the travels of Roderick Murchison (1840-45)
By: Michael Collie.
Publisher: Academica Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bethesda
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933146591
Subjects: Murchison, Roderick Impey, -- Sir, -- 1792-1871 -- Travel -- Europe; Geology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Scientific expeditions -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Silurian
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paris to Ekaterinberg by way of Riga, St. Petersburg and Moscow; title: London to Newcastle and the borders : back through Dudley and Birmingham with Alexander von Keyserling; title: Paris to Krakow by way of Heidelberg, Berlin, Potsdam, Poznan and Warsaw, then back by a different route; title: Copenhagen to Oslo, then to Uppsala and north to Mora, then from Gottland to Malmo; title: The final visit to St. Petersburg, then Sweden again.