Person geologist naturalist foreign visitor

James Smith

geologist · naturalist · foreign visitor

Main article Smith (James) English geologist James Smith, who visited Madeira around 1840 and published a paper on its geology.

James Smith of Jordan Hill was a geologist who visited Madeira around 1840 and published a paper on its geology for the Geological Society, later translated into Portuguese by António Pedro de Azevedo. His classification of Madeiran basalts into compact, vesicular and scoriaceous types is followed by the Elucidário.

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Philosophical and Mechanical Institution — Author of a memoir on the geology of Madeira, translated into Portuguese by António Pedro de Azevedo.
Basalts — Scottish geologist of Jordan Hill whose classification of Madeiran basalts into compact, vesicular and scoriaceous types is followed in this entry.

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1840
The geologist James Smith visited Madeira.
1840
James Smith's paper on Madeiran geology appeared in the Proceedings of the Geological Society.

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