In Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of William Smith (1769-1839)

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1 janvier 1989

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HAL-SHS : histoire, philosophie et sociologie des sciences et des techniques

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Centre pour la communication scientifique directe

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Hugh Torrens, « In Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of William Smith (1769-1839) », HAL-SHS : histoire, philosophie et sociologie des sciences et des techniques, ID : 10670/1.5m53po

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It is sadly remarkable that this anniversary is likely to go quite unnoticed in the country of Smith's birth. So I accepted an invitation from France, to attempt this short appreciation of William Smith, with particular delight ; as Smith was one who made, and can be shown to have made, a great original contribution to geology. But I have tried not to be motivated by any chauvinism ; a concept of which the English seemed strangely unaware until educated from France ! (...)

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