Author:Joseph Prestwich
British geologist and businessman, known as an expert on the Tertiary Period. Husband of Grace Anne Prestwich
WorksEdit
- A Geological Inquiry Respecting the Water-bearing Strata of the Country Around London, 1851 external link
- The Ground Beneath Us, Its Geological Phases and Changes, 1857 external link
- "On the presence of a Raised Beach on Portsdown Hill, near Portsmouth, and on the occurrence of a Flint Implement on a high level at Downton" in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 28 (1872), pp. 38–41
- Report on the Exploration of Brixham Cave with William Pengelly, G. Busk; John Evans, 1873 external link
- Tables of temperatures of the sea at various depths below the surface, 1874 external link
- On the geological conditions affecting the construction of a tunnel between England and France, 1874 external link
- On the origin of the Chesil Bank, 1875 external link
- Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical, 1886 external link
Articles in Popular Science MonthlyEdit
Works about PrestwichEdit
- "Prestwich, Joseph," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Prestwich, Joseph," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
- "Prestwich, Sir Joseph," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.