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SUMMARY:Mineralogy\, Stratigraphy and Practical Geology: Shifting tensions
  in the Geological Society of London\, 1807-1840 - Leucha Veneer (Universi
 ty of Leeds)
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CONTACT:David Allan Feller
DESCRIPTION:Historical accounts of the interests and activities of the Geo
 logical Society of London often consider the Society as uninterested in pr
 actical geology and focused on fieldwork and gentlemanly debate\, particul
 arly the work of Roy Porter.  Early debate among members\, however\, conce
 nred the methods and motives that the Society should adopt to advance the 
 science. In this paper I will examine several interconnected points of deb
 ate among different sub-groups of members through a close inspection of th
 e various approaches to geology taken by the Society in its early years. I
  will also map the waxing and waning of some of these approaches into the 
 1820s and beyond as the membership and importance of the Society increased
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LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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