RefNo | AP/8/5 |
Level | File |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the probable formation of mineral coal, and on the position and accompanying circumstances of fossil trees' in a letter from Willm [William] Chapman to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | October 1815 |
Description | Chapman describes fossilised trees found in Kenton Colliery near Newcastle [Northumberland, England] and their possible way of formation. He then discusses the formation of coal, writing that it originates from peat moss that has been compressed underground and subsequently converted into coal. Includes one illustration on a separate page.
Subject: Mineralogy / Geology
Written by Chapman in Newcastle. |
Extent | 17p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | AP/8/5/1 |
AP/8/5/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |