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Cornish Geologists: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins

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Description:Chapters: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins, William Pengelly, Matthew Paul Moyle, Elizabeth Carne, Andrew Ketcham Barnett. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Were Fox FRS (26 April 1789 25 July 1877) was a Cornish geologist, natural philosopher and inventor. He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea. Robert Were Fox the Younger was born on 26 April 1789 at Falmouth, the eldest son of Robert Were Fox (1754 1818) and his wife, Elizabeth Tregelles. He had nine siblings. The Fox family were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and were descended from members who had long settled in Cornwall, although they were not related to George Fox who had introduced the community into the county. In 1814, Fox the Younger married Maria Barclay (1785 1858), daughter of Robert and Rachel Barclay of Bury Hill, near Dorking, Surrey. Maria's sister, Lucy, married Fox's cousin, George Croker Fox (17841850). Robert Were Fox the Younger and his wife had three children, Anna Maria (1816 1897), Barclay (1817 1855) and Caroline (1819 1871). Both Caroline and Barclay Fox's journals have been published. Robert Were Fox the Younger died on 25 July 1877 and was buried at the Quaker Burial Ground at Budock. Fox was involved in many aspects of his family's businesses, along with several of his brothers. He also served as Honorary Consul of the U.S.A in Falmouth from 1819 to 1854. Fox and Joel Lean were granted a patent in 1812 for their modifications of steam engines. Fox's gardens at Rosehill and Penjerrick, near Falmouth, became noted for the number of exotic plants which he and his...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=628059We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cornish Geologists: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins. To get started finding Cornish Geologists: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
40
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1156175402

Cornish Geologists: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins

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4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: Chapters: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins, William Pengelly, Matthew Paul Moyle, Elizabeth Carne, Andrew Ketcham Barnett. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Were Fox FRS (26 April 1789 25 July 1877) was a Cornish geologist, natural philosopher and inventor. He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea. Robert Were Fox the Younger was born on 26 April 1789 at Falmouth, the eldest son of Robert Were Fox (1754 1818) and his wife, Elizabeth Tregelles. He had nine siblings. The Fox family were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and were descended from members who had long settled in Cornwall, although they were not related to George Fox who had introduced the community into the county. In 1814, Fox the Younger married Maria Barclay (1785 1858), daughter of Robert and Rachel Barclay of Bury Hill, near Dorking, Surrey. Maria's sister, Lucy, married Fox's cousin, George Croker Fox (17841850). Robert Were Fox the Younger and his wife had three children, Anna Maria (1816 1897), Barclay (1817 1855) and Caroline (1819 1871). Both Caroline and Barclay Fox's journals have been published. Robert Were Fox the Younger died on 25 July 1877 and was buried at the Quaker Burial Ground at Budock. Fox was involved in many aspects of his family's businesses, along with several of his brothers. He also served as Honorary Consul of the U.S.A in Falmouth from 1819 to 1854. Fox and Joel Lean were granted a patent in 1812 for their modifications of steam engines. Fox's gardens at Rosehill and Penjerrick, near Falmouth, became noted for the number of exotic plants which he and his...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=628059We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cornish Geologists: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins. To get started finding Cornish Geologists: Robert Were Fox the Younger, John Arthur Phillips, John Hawkins, William Gregor, Philip Rashleigh, Joseph Henry Collins, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
40
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1156175402

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