Handbook of Birmingham Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886
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HANDBOOK OF BIRMINGHAM.
CONTENTS.
CONTRIBUTORS.
CORRECTIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES. 1086—1800.
PART II.
Chapter I. LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES.
Chapter II. EDUCATION.
Chapter III. LIBRARIES: PAST AND PRESENT.
Chapter IV. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC SOCIETIES.
Chapter V. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Chapter VI. ECCLESIASTICAL.
PARISH OF BIRMINGHAM.[33]
PARISH OF EDGBASTON.
PARISH OF ASTON.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE CHURCHES IN THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM.
NON-CONFORMISTS.[37]
BURIAL GROUNDS AND CEMETERIES.
PARISH OF BIRMINGHAM.[33]
PARISH OF EDGBASTON.
PARISH OF ASTON.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE CHURCHES IN THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM.
NON-CONFORMISTS.[37]
BURIAL GROUNDS AND CEMETERIES.
Chapter VII. ART.
Chapter VIII. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (Birmingham and District.)
Trades of Birmingham and the Counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire.
STATEMENT OF MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURES OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE DISTRICT.
SUPPLEMENTARY DETAILS OF BIRMINGHAM TRADE SINCE 1865.
Trades of Birmingham and the Counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire.
STATEMENT OF MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURES OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE DISTRICT.
SUPPLEMENTARY DETAILS OF BIRMINGHAM TRADE SINCE 1865.
PART III. GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY. (BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT.)
PHYSIOGRAPHY.
GEOLOGY. (BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT).
Paleozoic Rocks.
The Triassic Rocks.
Liassic and Rhætic.
Glacial and Post Tertiary Deposits.
Paleozoic Rocks.
The Triassic Rocks.
Liassic and Rhætic.
Glacial and Post Tertiary Deposits.
PETROGRAPHY. Notes on the Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks of the Birmingham District.
Mining Statistics of the South Staffordshire Coalfield.
LITERATURE. Books, Papers and Maps bearing upon the Geology of the Birmingham District.
LITERATURE. Books, Papers and Maps bearing upon the Geology of the Birmingham District.
PART IV. ZOOLOGY.
Introduction.
Chapter I. Mammals and Reptiles.
I.—MAMMALS.
II.—REPTILES.
I.—MAMMALS.
II.—REPTILES.
Chapter II. Birds.
Accipitres.
Passeres.
Picariæ.
Columbæ.
Pterocletes.
Gallinæ.
Fulicariæ.
Alectorides.
Limicolæ.
Gaviæ.
Tubinares.
Pygopodes.
Steganopodes.
Herodiones.
Odontoglossæ.
Anseres.
Accipitres.
Passeres.
Picariæ.
Columbæ.
Pterocletes.
Gallinæ.
Fulicariæ.
Alectorides.
Limicolæ.
Gaviæ.
Tubinares.
Pygopodes.
Steganopodes.
Herodiones.
Odontoglossæ.
Anseres.
Chapter III. Fishes and Mollusca.
I.—FISHES.
II.—MOLLUSCA.
I.—FISHES.
II.—MOLLUSCA.
Chapter IV. Insects.
Coleoptera.
Lepidoptera.
Coleoptera.
Lepidoptera.
Chapter V. Microscopic Fauna.
INSECTA.
ARACHNIDA.
CRUSTACEA.
POLYZOA.
ROTIFERA.
ANNELIDA, ETC.
HYDROZOA.
SPONGIDA.
INFUSORIA.
RHIZOPODA.
INSECTA.
ARACHNIDA.
CRUSTACEA.
POLYZOA.
ROTIFERA.
ANNELIDA, ETC.
HYDROZOA.
SPONGIDA.
INFUSORIA.
RHIZOPODA.
PART V. BOTANY.
Introductory Remarks.
Chapter I. The Flowering Plants, Ferns, &c.
WARWICK.
WORCESTER.
STAFFORD.
WARWICK.
WORCESTER.
STAFFORD.
Chapter II. The Mosses, Hepatics, and Lichens.
MOSSES.
HEPATICÆ.
LICHENS.
MOSSES.
HEPATICÆ.
LICHENS.
Chapter III. The Algæ.
Chapter IV. The Fungi.
APPENDIX. Articles Received too Late to be Included Alphabetically Between Pages 117 & 212.
APPENDIX TO GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY.
THE COVENTRY INDUSTRIES.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX.
GEOLOGICAL SKETCH-MAP OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT.
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