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Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803): His work and influence in geology

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  • See Dictionary of National Biography London 1890 xxiv 224 225
  • See also Warner O. Emma Hamilton and Sir William London 1960
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 5 – 5 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 5 – 5 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 6 – 6 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 14 – 14 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 54 – 54 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 5 – 5 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1779 . Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei 33 – 33 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1779 . Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei 2 – 2 . Naples
  • de Soulavie , G. 1781 . Œuvres complettes de M. le Chevalier Hamilton 280 ff – 280 ff . Paris
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 86 – 86 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 86 – 86 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 7 – 7 . Naples
  • Hall , J. 1800 . “ Observations on the proofs of the Huttonian Theory ” . In Tracts Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London J. Hutton: Theory of the Earth, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb., 1788, 1. J. Playfair: Biographical Account of James Hutton, Edinburgh ?, 1797 ? J. Playfair: Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, Edinburgh, 1802.
  • Compare and contrast :— Ferber J.J. Travels through Italy London 1776 trans. by R. E. Raspe E. Forbes: Edin. Jour. Sci., 1828, 18, 195. G. Greenwood: Rains and Rivers, London, 1857. E. King: Remarks Concerning Stones, London, 1796. A. Kireher: Mundus Subteraneus, Amsterdam, 1665 R. Kirwan: Observations on the Proofs of Huttonian Theory of the Earth, Dublin, 1800. M. Lister: Phil. Trans., 1684, 14. J. Michel: ‘Conjeetures concerning … Earthquakes …’, Phil. Trans., 1761, 51 (11). S. Maunder: (Publisher) Conversations on Geology, London?, 1828. W. Whewell: ‘Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell’, British Critic, London, 1831, vol. ix, pp. 180–206 (also Amer. Jour. Sci., 263, 1965, 223–228).
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 42 – 42 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 54 – 54 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 6 – 6 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 6 – 6 . Naples See also :— Sir W. Hamilton: ‘Remarks upon the nature of the soil of Naples and its neighbourhood’, Phil. Trans., 1771, 61.
  • Hamilton , W. 1777–78 . An Account of certain Traces of Volcanoes on the Banks of the Rhine . Phil. Trans. , 68 : 1 – 6 .
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 63 – 63 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1783 . Calabria, An Account of the Earthquakes in Calabria, Sicily, etc. 33 – 33 . Colchester
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 22 – 22 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 28 – 28 . Naples
  • 1795 . Phil. Trans. , 85 : 81 – 81 .
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 58 – 58 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 59 – 59 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei Naples Plate XXXXII.
  • Hamilton , W. 1776 . Campi Phlegraei 69 – 69 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1779 . Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei 27 – 27 . Naples
  • Hamilton , W. 1772 . Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna and other Volcanoes 175 – 175 . London
  • Roberts , Geo. 1839 . An Etymological and Explanatory Dictionary of Geology London
  • Challinor , J. 1964 . Dictionary of Geology , 2nd edn. Cardiff
  • Hamilton , W. 1772 . Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna and other Volcanoes 178 – 178 . London
  • Hamilton , W. 1783 . An Account of the Earthquakes in Calabria, Sicily, etc. 2 – 2 . Colchester
  • Hamilton , W. 1795 . Phil. Trans. , 85 : 111 – 111 .
  • Lyell , C. 1830–33 . Principles of Geology , 1st edn. Vol. I , 413 – 413 . London
  • Lyell , C. 1863 . The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man , 1st edn. London Sir C. Lyell, The Student's Elements of Geology, 1st edn., London, 1871.
  • Scrope , G.P. 1862 . Volcanoes (The character of their phenomena) , 2nd edn. 69 – 69 . London and 186. G. P. Scrope, The Geology and Extinct Volcanoes of Central France, 2nd edn., London, 1858, p. 117.
  • de Saint-Fond , F. 1778 . Recherches sur les Volcans Eteints du Vivarais et du Velay iii – iii . Grenoble viii, 2 and 36.
  • Dolomieu , D. 1778 . Memoirs sur les Iles Ponces Paris Avant-Propos.
  • de Saussure , H.B. 1796 . Voyages dans les Alpes Vol. i , 128 – 128 . Neuchâtel
  • Hutton , J. 1788 . Theory of the Earth . Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. , : I – I .
  • Hutton , J. 1788 . Theory of the Earth . Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. , : 75 – 75 .
  • Beddoes , T. 1791 . Observations of the Affinity between Basaltes & Granito . Phil. Trans. , 81 : 4 – 4 .
  • de Soulavie , G. 1781 . CEuvres complettes de M. le Chevalier Hamilton Paris
  • de Soulavie , G. 1781 . CEuvres complettes de M. le Chevalier Hamilton 479 – 479 . Paris
  • de Soulavie , G. 1781 . CEuvres complettes de M. le Chevalier Hamilton 278 – 278 . Paris
  • de Soulavie , G. 1781 . CEuvres complettes de M. le Chevalier Hamilton 279 – 279 . Paris
  • de Soulavie , G. 1781 . CEuvres complettes de M. le Chevalier Hamilton 286 – 286 . Paris
  • Hamilton , W. 1777–78 . An Account of certain traces of Volcanoes on the Banks of the Rhine . Phil. Trans. , : 68 – 68 .
  • de Saint-Fond , Faujas . 1778 . Rescherches sur les Volcans Eteints du Vivarais et du Velay Grenoble
  • Lobley , Logan J. 1889 . Mount Vesuvius London
  • von Zittel , K. 1901 . History of Geology and Palaeontology 45 – 45 . London trans. by M. O. Gordon reprinted New York, 1962
  • von Zittel , K. 1901 . History of Geology and Palaeontology 96 – 96 . London trans. by M. O. Gordon reprinted New York, 1962
  • Phillips , John . 1869 . Vesuvius Oxford

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