XXX. a Sketch of the Natural History of the Cheshire Rock-Salt District
Philosophical Magazine Series 1 ISSN: 1941-5796 (Print) 1941-580X (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tphm12 XXX. A sketch of the natural history of the Cheshire rock-salt district Henry Holland Esq. To cite this article: Henry Holland Esq. (1812) XXX. A sketch of the natural history of the Cheshire rock-salt district , Philosophical Magazine Series 1, 39:167, 210-215, DOI: 10.1080/14786441208638112 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786441208638112 Published online: 27 Jul 2009. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 2 View related articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tphm12 Download by: [University of Toronto Libraries] Date: 04 June 2016, At: 23:23 ~10 .,4 Sketch of the Natural HMory of being in the focus to which the other radiates, it must f~t- cititate the escape of caloric from the other, by quickly ab- sorbing all that is sent to it by radiation from that other body. In the common experiment the thermometer is the radiating body, and the ice the absorbent. A.T. XXX. ,4 Sketch of the Natural History of the Cheshire Rock-Salt District. By HENav HOLLAI~D, Esq. Ho- norary Member of" the Geological Society *¢. THE vast beds of fossil or rock-salt, which are found in different parts of the county of Chester, thrill undoubtedly the most important and peculiar feature in the mineralogy of this district. In offering to the notice of the Geologic-a] Society some remarks upon these mines, it may be proper to premise, that in a Survey of Cheshire, which I had the honour of drawing up for the Board of Agriculture, I en- tered at considerable length upon the subject of their na- tural history,-and upon the manufacture of white salt froru the brine springs to which they give rise.
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