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Vesuvius

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ISBN 9780674503779

Publication Date: 05/04/2015

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256 pages

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  • Introduction
  • 1. Early Days
  • 2. Miracle or Science?
  • 3. William Hamilton—Made by Vesuvius
  • 4. Romantics
  • 5. Making Vesuvius
  • 6. Real Geology, New Focus
  • 7. Vesuvius and the Wider World
  • Visiting Vesuvius at Home and Abroad
  • Further Reading
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index

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