Abstract
IN preparing a handbook for members of the British Association attending the Newcastle meeting, the local committee has reverted to the older scheme of a publication embracing all aspects of natural history and botany as well as industries of the city and district entertaining the Association. "The Scientific Survey of North Eastern England", which is to be given to each member attending the meeting, is most successful and should find ready acceptance. Physiography, geology and climate are specially notable, while iron and steel, shipbuilding and engineering, of course, command full notice. Broadly speaking, the area covered is Northumberland and Durham, with the northern part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, which Prof. G. H. J. Daysh, who writes an introductory note, points out is a clearly defined region with a character and individuality of its own, though with great and contrasting interests within its boundaries. At least two new towns, Newton Aycliffe and Peterloe, fall within the programme of development of the region. The survey is well documented and has adequate maps, including an ingenious one showing forms of rural and urban buildings in the area.
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Newcastle upon Tyne and District. Nature 164, 343 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164343a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164343a0