On the Fossil Corals of the West-Indian Islands. Parts I, II, III & IV. Peter Martin Duncan

On the Fossil Corals of the West-Indian Islands. Parts I, II, III & IV.

Author	Peter Martin Duncan
Publisher	London: Geological Society of London, 1863-1867
Edition	1
Weight	650 gram
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Keywords	corals, fossils, shells, Caribbean, geology, limestone, reef, silica, minerals, geography, Tertiary period, Testacea, Miocene, Jamaica, Montserrat, , Trinidad, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, San Domingo,
Booknumber	20728
Category's	Travel & Geography (Middle America) Exact Sciences (Biology) Exact Sciences (Natural History) Exact Sciences (Geology) Travel & Geography (19th Century)
8-vo (14 x 21,5 cm). 2 Vols. Pp. 53 + 4 plates; 25 + 4 plates; 18; 15 + 2 plates; 6; 25 + 2 plates. Cloth bound (Ex Library copies) - Parts 1-3 & Wrappers - Part 4. The famous series of articles by Duncan on the West Indian fossil corals. Duncan (1824-1891) was a palaeontologist, who originally practised as physician at Colchester and London, but then pursued a scientific career, first in Botany, later in Geology and Palaeontology. His attention was directed especially to fossil corals and on 6 May 1863, he read the first part of his paper on this subject before the Geological Society of London (Correspondence of Charles Darwin). This lecture was followed by 3 more on 18 November 1863, 11 may 1864 and 4 December 1867. These lectures were published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. Part I: Vol. 19 (1863), p. 406-458. Part II: Vol. 20 (1864), p. 20-44. Part III: Vol. 20 (1864), p. 358 - 374. Part IV: Vol. 24 (1867), p. 9-33 The parts I and II are accompanied by 8 lithographed plates, each plate depicting ca 20 species. The 4th part was published a few years later and contains the Conclusion and has 2 lithographed plates with 18 species. In these papers Duncan not only describes the different species, but also discusses their bearings on the physical geography of the Tertiary period. Corals from various parts of the world and from different geological formations were subsequently dealt with by Duncan, and he came to be regarded as a leading authority on these fossils. In 1870 he became professor of geology at King's College and in 1876-77 he was president of the Geological Society. The first 3 contributions are bound in 2 volumes, together with 2 other article from the same Journal: a. P. Martin Duncan & G.P. Wall: A notice of the Geology of Jamaica, especially with reference to the District of Clarendon; with Descriptions of the Cretaceous, Eocene , and Miocene Corals of the Islands. Quart. Journ. Geolog. Soc. Lond. Vol 21 (1865), p. 1-14, with 2 lithographed plates depicting 15 species. b. Quart. Journ. Geolog. Soc. Lond. Vol 19 (1863), p. 510-515, with 3 short contributions on the geology of Jamaica: P. Martin Duncan: Note on the Fossil Corals accompanying the Testacea from Jamaica, J. Carrick Moore: On some tertiary Shells from Jamaica and T. Rupert Jones: Note on some Nummulinae and Orbitoides from Jamaica. The first 3 articles of the series are bound together in 2 volumes, both ex-library copies from the library of the Geological Society of London (withdrawn stamp), and both interleaved copies; the fourth part taken from the original journal, not interleaved, stapled and in wrappers. Plates fine. The bound volumes ex-library copies with traces of use, but contents very good.
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