A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE BLOUNT, SHELBY, AND TALLADEGA SPRINGS; ALSO A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE COALFIELDS, IRON ORES MARBLES, &c. OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. caption title

by R. T Brumby

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Tuscaloosa: Joel White, printer ? , 1838 . First separate edition. 12mo. 16 pp. The author, Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology at the University of Alabama, was asked to analyze the waters of Blount Springs by the proprietor, Thomas Williams, who requested that he publish his findings in an edition of 2,000 copies, in such a manner as would be most generally read. Brumby was also asked to produce a study of the general geology of the state for

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