Article ID: CBB000018863

John Macculloch's “millstone survey” and its consequences (1984)

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Description On the geological knowledge of Britain acquired by Macculloch in his search, authorized by the Board of Ordnance, for limestone suitable for gunpowder millstones.


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Authors & Contributors
Boud, R. C.
Rudwick, Martin J.S.
Cumming, David A.
Stafford, R. A.
Oldroyd, David Roger
Ksiazkiewicz, Allison
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Cartographic Journal
Archives of Natural History
Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History
Journal of Medical Biography
Publishers
University of Wisconsin Press
Concepts
Geology
Maps; atlases
Antiquarianism
Notebooks
Experimental method
Mountains
People
MacCulloch, John
Murchison, Roderick Impey
Lyell, Charles
Sedgwick, Adam
Scrope, George Poullett
Saussure, Ferdinand de
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
Europe
Institutions
Oxford University
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
University of Edinburgh
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