The Life And Letters Of The Reverend Adam Sedgwick Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Willis Clark and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, Vol. 2 Domestic side of Sedgwick's character. Explorations at Bartlow. Death of Dr Ainger. Contested election For High Steward. Agassiz and the glacial theory. New Geological Museum. Count Munster's collection. Difficulties of Church membership. Professor Smyth's lectures (1840). British Association at Plymouth. Geology in Ireland and Scotland. Whewell Master Of Trinity. Plesiosaurus from Whitby(1841). Revision of College statutes. Letters to Wordsworth. British Association at Manchester. Geology in N. Wales. (1842). Blowing up of Dover Cliff. Geology in N. Wales. Queens Visit to Cambridge (1843). Were it desirable to divide Sedgwick's life into periods, according to his special interests and occupations, it might be said that we were now entering upon the domestic period - just as the years between 1818 and 1840 might be called the geological period. Without, however, insisting upon such sharply defined subdivisions, which would only lead to erroneous conclusions, it must be admitted that from 1840 onwards he devoted a considerable portion of his time and attention to his two nieces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."