Synopsis
"The Magazine Of Natural History: 1834" by Various authors. The issue is a periodical snapshot collecting reviews, notices, and substantial original communications on meteorology, geology, zoology, and natural history travel notes from across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. It reflects the cross-disciplinary nature of early 19th-century natural history through topics such as meteoric phenomena and volcanic emanations, Alpine geology and strata near Mont Blanc, taxonomy and species descriptions, and field observations of birds, fishes, mollusks, and invertebrates. The selection also includes travelogue pieces on salt production in Cardona, Spain, and the challenges faced by naturalists abroad, alongside front-matter celebrating growing natural-history societies and the dissemination of practical science. Contributors include Rev. W. B. Cran, J. M. Cosy, Andrew Mathews, George Johnston, W. Perceval Hunter, J. R., and W. B. Clarke, among others. The volume exemplifies the era’s collaborative, field-based approach to understanding meteorology, geology, zoology, and travel-informed natural history.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.