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PHILLIPS, John Arthur.

(1822 – 1887)

(Born: 1822; Died: 1887) English geologist.

Biographical references: Allibone, Dictionary of English Literature, 1859-71. BBA: I 874, 55-57. Boase, Modern English Biography, 1892-1921. WBI.

1. English, 1891 [3rd edition].
Elements of Mineralogy. A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged by H. Bauerman. London, Charles Griffin and Company, 1891.

8°: xxvi, 909 p., 3 folding plates, 238 illus.

Very scarce. Covers fuels, ovens, furnaces, crucibles, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, tin, the precious metals, etc.

Bibliographical references: NUC.

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