Joshua Trimmer
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| Date | Details |
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| 1846 | Joined Survey. |
| Initiated detailed study of distribution of superficial deposits. | |
| 1850 | Issued “Proposals for a Geological Survey, specially directed to agricultural objects”. |
| 1854 | Resigned from Survey. |
| 1857 | Died September 16th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Portlock (Major-General) Obituary - Joshua Trimmer. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 14 p.xxxii-xxxvi. 1858
Publications
Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue
Topley, W. ; Buckland, G. ; Tomson, J. ; Heathorn, R. ; Whitehead, C. ; Way, J.T. ; Paine, J. M. ; Farncombe, J. ; Evershed, H. ; Evershed, S. ; Trimmer, J. ; Topley, W. (1845-1877). Agriculture, south east England. (Survey pamphlet; 18e).
Trimmer, J. ([1852]). The Keythorpe system of land drainage, its principles, efficiency, economy, and opponents : IN: Pamphlets: Agriculture II 1840-54. London : W.P. Metchim.
Trimmer, J. (1853). Notes on the geology of the Keythorpe estate and its relatios to the Keythorpe system of drainage : BOUND IN: Murchison Pamphlets 37 1831-53 English Science. ND IN: Murchison Pamphlets 37 1831-53 English Science (1853).
Trimmer, J. (1845-1877). On the agricultural relations of the western portion of the Hampshire Tertiary district, and on the agricultural importance of the marls of the New Forest. Agriculture, south east England ; Agriculture, south east England / by W. Topley et al.. 1845-1877. p. 125-141 (ca 1855) ; p. 125-141.
Trimmer, J. On the geology of Norfolk as illustrating the laws of the distribution of soils : Reprint from: Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society vii, 1846 p444-482, sections.
Trimmer, J. (1841). Practical geology and mineralogy : with instructions for the qualitative analysis of minerals. London : Parker.