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On a Piece of Chalk was a lecture given by Thomas Henry Huxley on 26 August 1868 to the working men of Norwich during a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It was published as an essay in Macmillan's Magazine in London later that year.
- Thomas Henry Huxley, Loren Eiseley, Rudolf Freund
- Non-fiction
- 1868
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Information. Collected Essays , pp. 1 - 36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149273.002. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2011. First published in: 1894. Access options. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below.
On a Piece of Chalk. Macmillan's Magazine (1868) Collected Essays VIII [1] If a well were sunk at our feet in the midst of the city of Norwich, the diggers would very soon find themselves at work in that white substance almost too soft to be called rock, with which we are all familiar as "chalk."
On A Piece Of Chalk is a scientific essay written by Thomas Henry Huxley, a prominent biologist and naturalist in the late 19th century. The essay was originally delivered...
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Kessinger Publishing, 2005
- reprint
- On a Piece of Chalk
On a Piece of Chalk. By Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) From ‘Collected Essays,’ Vol. viii. A GREAT chapter of the history of the world is written in the chalk.
On a Piece of Chalk was a lecture given by Thomas Henry Huxley on 26 August 1868 to the working men of Norwich during a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It was published as an essay in Macmillan's Magazine in London later that year.
Originally appearing in an article published for Daily News in 1905, “A Piece of Chalk” is a classic example of G.K. Chesterton’s wondrous musings. The essay appears in Tremendous Trifles . To learn more about the book, read the Chesterton University lecture .
