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RefNoPP/5/14
Previous numbersPP/37/14
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Notes on the microscopic structure of some rocks from the Andes of Ecuador, collected by E Whymper. No III. Cotopaxi and Chimborazo' by T G [Thomas George] Bonney
Date1884
DescriptionBonney writes: 'In regard to these two important volcanic mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, Mr Whymper has favoured me with some descriptive notes, which appear to me of so much interest that I incorporate them with but slight modification into my paper [...] Two volcanoes in Ecuador—Sangai and Cotopaxi—are always in a state of activity, and, of these two, the latter is the higher and the more important mountain. Cotopaxi, according to my observations with mercurial barometer on its summit, is 19,650 feet high, and it is the second in altitude of the Andes of Ecuador, being inferior only to Chimborazo.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Geology

Received 6 June 1884. Read 19 June 1884.

A version of this paper was published in volume 37 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Notes on the microscopic structure of some rocks from the Andes of Ecuador, collected by E. Whymper. No. III. Cotopaxi and Chimborazo'.
Extent34p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0022
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6474Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923)1833 - 1923
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