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The Geology of Ben Wyvis, Carn Chuinneag, Inchbae and the Surrounding Country: Including Garve, Evanton, Alness and Kincardine; (Explanation of Sheet 93)
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A feature common to the principal streams that flow south-east wards into the Firth of Cromarty is the unequal gradient of their courses, a completely or partially graded portion of the river valley being succeeded, sometimes more than once along the same stream, by a steep fall.
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A feature common to the principal streams that flow south-east wards into the Firth of Cromarty is the unequal gradient of their courses, a completely or partially graded portion of the river valley being succeeded, sometimes more than once along the same stream, by a steep fall.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
237 pages, Hardcover
Published February 8, 2018
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Benjamin Neeve Peach
28 booksBenjamin Neeve Peach, FRS was an English geologist.
He was born at Gorran Haven in Cornwall to Charles William Peach, an amateur British naturalist and geologist, and his wife Jemima Mabson. Ben was educated at the Royal School of Mines in London and then joined the Geological Survey in 1862 as a geologist, moving to the Scottish branch in 1867. He is best remembered for his work on the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with his friend and colleague John Horne, where they resolved the long-running debate on the geological formation of the Highlands.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1892. He was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1921. A monument to the work of Peach and Horne was erected at Inchnadamph, close to the Moine Thrust where they did some of their best-known work. The inscription reads: "To Ben N Peach and John Horne who played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structure of the North West Highlands 1883-1897. An international tribute. Erected 1980."
Peach was twice married. His first wife was Jeanie Bannatyne (1846 - 1884) by whom he had two sons and four daughters. He then married Margaret Anne MacEwen (1868 - 1921), by whom he had two sons. Two of his sons and two of his daughters survived him. He died at his home, 72 Grange Loan in Edinburgh, on 29 January 1926.
He was born at Gorran Haven in Cornwall to Charles William Peach, an amateur British naturalist and geologist, and his wife Jemima Mabson. Ben was educated at the Royal School of Mines in London and then joined the Geological Survey in 1862 as a geologist, moving to the Scottish branch in 1867. He is best remembered for his work on the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with his friend and colleague John Horne, where they resolved the long-running debate on the geological formation of the Highlands.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1892. He was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1921. A monument to the work of Peach and Horne was erected at Inchnadamph, close to the Moine Thrust where they did some of their best-known work. The inscription reads: "To Ben N Peach and John Horne who played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structure of the North West Highlands 1883-1897. An international tribute. Erected 1980."
Peach was twice married. His first wife was Jeanie Bannatyne (1846 - 1884) by whom he had two sons and four daughters. He then married Margaret Anne MacEwen (1868 - 1921), by whom he had two sons. Two of his sons and two of his daughters survived him. He died at his home, 72 Grange Loan in Edinburgh, on 29 January 1926.
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