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was born at North Cray in Kent, on the 11th of July 1795. He was son of Joshua Kirby Trimmer of Brentford.
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Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative Analysis of Minerals (Classic Reprint)
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This Work was undertaken, and had in part appeared in the pages of a periodical publication, when there was rather a dearth of elementary treatises on geology, and before so many had been sent forth by some of the first geologists of the age, that to add to their number may perhaps appear superfluous, if not presumptuous. I ts extension and publication, in a separate form, has been deter mined on, because it is hoped that it diifers sufficiently in its plan from any of its predecessors, to render it a humble but useful auxiliary to works which it does not aspire to supersede. It has been said that a man may be too consummate a mineralogist to make a good geologist, or, in other words, that the constant study of minute details, necessary for the discrimination of individual minerals, unfits the mind for the apprehension of the sublime generalizations of geology; but, on the other hand, it is no less true, that a certain amount of mineralogical knowledge is an essential requisite to the successful study of that science. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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On the Agricultural Geology of England and Wales ... Prize Report. (From the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.).
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Joshua Trimmer
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At the age of nineteen he was sent to North Wales to manage a copper-mine for his father; subsequently he was placed in charge of a farm in Middlesex, where he acquired a knowledge of and an interest in soils; in 1825 he became manager (for his father) of slate quarries near Bangor and Carnarvon, and in this district he remained for many years. He discovered the marine shells in the drift of Moel Tryfaen. During the years 1850-1854 he was engaged on the Geological Survey, and surveyed parts of the New Forest in Hampshire. He died in London on the 16th of September 1857. He published memoirs on the Origin of the Soils which cover the Chalk of Kent; On the Geology of Norfolk, as Illustrating the Laws of the Distribution of Soils (1847); and Proposals for a Geological Survey, specially directed to Agricultural Objects (1850); in this respect he was a pioneer in agricultural geology. He was author also of a useful work Practical Geology and Mineralogy (1841).
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Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative Analysis of Minerals (Classic Reprint)
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On the Agricultural Geology of England and Wales ... Prize Report. (From the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.).
(Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary...)
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Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative Analysis of Minerals (Classic Reprint)
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