Werner's Nomenclature Of Colours : Adapted To Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, And The Arts

Author: Patrick Syme

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Price : $30.00 AUD
ISBN : 9781588346216
Publisher : Natural History Museum Publications
Imprint : Natural History Museum Publications
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Weight (g) : 0.76
Publication date : 01 February 2018
Dimensions : 0.75000mm X 6.00000mm X 9.25000mm
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RRP : 41.99
Availability date : 01 September 2017
Out of print date : 01 January 2024
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Author : Patrick Syme
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Bind : Hardcover
Edition : 2019
Illustrator : Abraham Gottlob Werner
Language : English
Dewey classification : 752
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Library of Con LOCSH : 2017052314
Pages : 80
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9781588346216

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"The book Charles Darwin used to identify colors in nature during his HMS Beagle voyage"--

Author description

Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) was a mineralogist and geologist at the mining school in Freiberg, Saxony. In his 1774 book On the External Characteristics of Fossils, he established a classification system to describe the colors of both fossils and minerals. Patrick Syme (1774-1845), an Edinburgh painter and art teacher, reconstructed Werner's colors by consulting actual minerals, paired the hues with examples from plant and animal life, and created the system of color swatches and descriptions that form the basis of this book.

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