[1] He was an able observer, and deserving of mention as one of the earliest teachers of general and practical geology.
[2] His Introduction to Geology (1813) contained much sound information, and reached a fifth edition in 1838.
In 1820, A Geological Primer in Verse With A Poetical Geognosy, Or, Feasting and Fighting and Sundry Right Pleasant Poems, with Notes to which is Added a Critical Dissertation on King Coal's Levee was published.
[3] The critical dissertation refers to a critique of a poem published in 1818 by John Scafe.
[4] For Rees's Cyclopædia he contributed articles on Geology, Mineralogy, Rock, Strata, Wool and Worsted.