The West Riding of Yorkshire. E-book. Formato PDF - 9780259728474

The writer is indebted to Dr H. R. Mill for the Rainfall Map and meteorological information. Mr H. Crowther, Mr J. Firth, Mr P. Haswell, Mr E. Howarth, and Mr A. Russell have furnished meteorological data. Mr C. M. Rankin and Mr F. Arnold Lees have given botanical help. Mr Harold Brodrick has revised the account of caverns and underground drainage. Mr T. H. Mottram, Dr A. Strahan, and Prof. Fearnsides have supplied some of the particulars of mineral output. Mr F. A. Darwin, Clerk to the County Council, has given details of existing administration. Mr Godfrey Bingley has given the use of his photographic negatives. The publishers of the Dictionary of N ational Biography have given permission to quote from that work the details (with a few exceptions) given in the Roll of Honour. The General Editor of the Series, Dr Guillemard, has been particularly helpful. To all of these and to the authors of the numerous books and original papers consulted, but especially to the contributors to the Victoria County History and Sir W. Boyd Dawkins, the writer expresses his thanks. He will be obliged by information of any errors. B. H.