Old Sports and Sportsmen; or, the Willey Country: with sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom MoodyRandall, John
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Old Sports and Sportsmen; or, the Willey Country: with sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom Moody
Randall, John
Forester, George, -1811; Hunting -- England -- Shropshire; Shropshire (England) -- History
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CRAVEN, DUNNILL, & CO.
(LIMITED),
Encaustic & Geometrical Tiles,
JACKFIELD WORKS,
NEAR IRONBRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE.
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PATTERN SHEETS, SPECIAL DESIGNS, AND
ESTIMATES,
ON APPLICATION TO THE WORKS.
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Elementary Geological Collections, at 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each, and every requisite to assist those commencing the study of this
interesting branch of Science, a knowledge of which affords so much
pleasure to the traveller in all parts of the world.
A collection for Five Guineas, to illustrate the recent works on Geology,
by Ansted, Buckland, Lyell, Mantell, Murchison, Page, Phillips, and
others, contains 200 specimens, in a plain Mahogany Cabinet, with five
trays, comprising the following specimens, viz.:—
MINERALS which are either the components of Rocks, or occasionally
imbedded in them—Quartz, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Garnet, Zeolite,
Hornblende, Augite, Asbestos, Felspar, Mica, Talc, Tourmaline, Spinel,
Zircon, Corundum, Lapis Lazuli, Calcite, Fluor, Selenite, Baryta,
Strontia, Salt, Sulphur, Plumbago, Bitumen, &c.
NATIVE METALS, or METALLIFEROUS MINERALS; these are found in masses or
beds, in veins, and occasionally in the beds of rivers. Specimens of the
following Metallic Ores are put in the Cabinet:—Iron, Manganese, Lead,
Tin, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Silver, Gold, Platina, Mercury, Titanium,
&c.
ROCKS: Granite, Gneiss, Mica-slate, Clay-slate, Porphyry, Serpentine,
Sandstones, Limestones, Basalt, Lavas, &c.
PALÆOZOIC FOSSILS from the Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous,
and Permian Rocks.
SECONDARY FOSSILS from the Rhætic, Lias, Oolite, Wealden, and Cretaceous
Groups.
TERTIARY FOSSILS from the Plastic Clay, London Clay, Crag, &c.
In the more expensive collections some of the specimens are rare, and all
more select.
JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist (by Appointment)
to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London, W.C.
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THE
OLD HALL SCHOOL,
WELLINGTON, SALOP.
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RESIDENT MASTERS:
Principal.
J. EDWARD CRANAGE, M.A., Ph.D. of the University of Jena; Author of
“Mental Education;” Lecturer to the Society of Arts, &c., &c.
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Head Master.
DAVID JOHNSTON, Esq., M.A., Aberdeen.
Second Master.
THOMAS WILLIAMS, Esq., B.A.,
(In Mathematical Honours) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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