Number 3 - Geological Curators Group

In 1975 the Camborne School of Mines movedinto new buildings on the Trevenson site halfway between Redruth and Camborne. The oldcases were in poor condition and left behindbut the Robert Hunt Collection has been givenprominent display space in new cases inkeeping with the original idea of a memorialto the founder of mining education inCornwall.BIBLlOGRAPHYThe following list is based on that whichaccompanies the Western Antiquary obituaryand includes only Hunt's principal publishedworks.1841, 1854. Art of photography.1844, 1854. Researches on light and itschemical relations.1846, 1849, 1854. Poetry of science; orstudies of the physical phenomena ofnature.1846, 1852. Records of the Schools of Minesand Memoirs of the Geological Survey:Lecture on "Cultivating Habits ofObservation"; articles on miningstatistics, lead-mining, voltaiccurrents, etc.1846, 1852. Mineral statistics of the UnitedKingdom. [also separately published1852, 188211849. Panthea: the spirit of nature.1851, 1855. Elementary physics.1851. Handbook to the Official Catalogue ofthe Great Exhibition.1851. Synopsis of the Great Exhibition.1853. Manufacturer in metal (CabinetCyclopadeia) .1857, 1877. Descriptive guide to the Museumof Practical Geology.1858. Catalogue and contents of the MiningRecord Office.1860, 1867, 1875. Ure's Dictionary of Arts,Manufacturers, and Mines. [editions 5,6 and 711862. Handbook to the Industrial Departmentof the International Exhibition.1865, 1871, 1881. Popular romances of theWest of England.1867. (pamphlet). Is it practicable to insurecolliery property, and the lives ofcoal miners?1884. British mining; a treatise on themetalliferous mines in the UnitedKingdom.Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's Reports.Numerous papers related to earthquakephenomena, air in mines, waters frommining districts, Cornish engines,electricity of mineral veins, etc.British Association Reports. Papers on theactinograph, the influence of solarrays on plants, the chemical action ofsolar radiations, the Daguerreotypeprocess, etc.Royal Society's Catalogue of ScientificPapers. Forty-nine articles publishedin transactions of learned societiesand scientific journals;the earliest'On Tritiodide -of erc cur^' appearing in1838.R. Lesley AtkinsonCurator, Geological MuseumCamborne School of MinesPool, RedruthCornwall TR15 3SE .Typescript received 15 July 1984Revised tv~escri~t received 4 Februarv 1985'Team photograph' of GCG members at the Winchester meeting, 19th April 1985.County Museums Service.Photograph : Hampshire