Download or read book Contributions to the History of American Geology written by George Perkins Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions to the History of American Geology written by George Perkins Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions to the History of Geology Biographies of geologists written by Aurèle La Rocque and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions to the History of Geology Biographies of geologists materials for the study of the history of geology prepared in Geology 851 a seminar in the history of geology 1953 to 1958 1st suppl Biographies of geologists Winter 1962 2d suppl Biographies of geologists 1964 written by Aurèle La Rocque and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions to a History of American State Geological and Natural History Surveys written by George Perkins Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions to the History of American Geology written by George P. Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions to the History of American Geology In Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year ending 1904 written by George Perkins Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charles Lyell and Modern Geology written by T. G. Bonney and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Charles Lyell is singularly free from "moving accidents by flood and field." Though he travelled much, he never, so far as can be ascertained, was in danger of life or limb, of brigand or beast. Thus his biography cannot offer the reader either the excitement of adventure, or the interest of an unwearied struggle with adverse conditions. But for all that, as it seems to me, it can teach a lesson of no little value. Lyell, while still a young man, determined that he would endeavor to put geology—then only beginning to rank as a science—on a more sound and philosophical basis. For years he was training himself by observation and travel; he was studiously aiming at precision of thought and expression, till "The Principles of Geology" had been completed and published. This book is his biography as penned by Prof. T. G. Bonney.
Download or read book Contributions to the History of American Geology Classic Reprint written by George Perkins Merrill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Contributions to the History of American Geology Of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, ten thousand copies; one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand for the House. Five thousand for distribution by the Smithsonian Institution, and two thousand for distribution by the National Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Founders of Geology written by Archibald Geikie and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book James Hutton and the History of Geology written by Dennis Dean and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete account of Hutton's major geological writings than any that has hitherto appeared. He examines the growth and development of Hutton's thought in the light of his training and experience in medicine, agriculture, and philosophy, locating him within the intellectual milieux of Edinburgh at the height of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Download or read book Contributions to a History of American State Geological and Natural History Surveys written by George Perkins Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Founders of Geology written by Sir Archibald Geikie and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...even his opinions and theories in themselves, that gave him his unquestioned authority among the geologists of his time. His influence and fame sprang mainly from the personality of the man. His unwearied enthusiasm and eager zeal in the furtherance of his favourite studies, his kindness and helpfulness, his wide range of knowledge, and the vivacity, perspicuity, and eloquence with which he communicated it, his absolute confidence in the solidity of his theoretical doctrines--these were the sources of his power rather than the originality and importance of his own contributions to geology. His followers, indeed, captivated by the precision of his system and its apparent applicability in any and every country, claimed for him the highest place in the ranks of those who had studied the history of the earth. But the exaggeration of their claim was amply shown by the rapidity with which the Wernerian doctrines began to fall into disrepute even before the death of their author. CHAPTER VIII The Wernerian School of Geology. Its great initial influence and subsequent decline. Effect of the controversy about the origin of Basalt upon this School. Early history of Volcanic Geology. History of opinion regarding Earthquakes. In tracing the influence of Werner's teaching upon the progress of geological inquiry, we must begin by the full and frank acknowledgment that when all objections and qualifications have been made regarding his theoretical opinions, the momentous fact remains that by his personal example and contagious enthusiasm he rendered a vast service to the science. He awakened a far more widespread interest in the ancient history of the earth than had ever before existed, and even where his pupils found reason eventually to abandon many...
Download or read book George William Featherstonhaugh written by Edmund Berkeley and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "U.S. historians can read this book with considerable profit for the details it offers; general readers can enjoy it as a straightforward and informative biography." --Choice "For anyone interested in the history of American geology, knowledge of G. W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) is both essential and hard to obtain. He was the force behind the first railroad in America; a pioneer in scientific agriculture; an essayist, poet, and novelist; a lobbyist; a linguist; and a daring diplomat who saved the king and queen of France from certain death. [Yet] his strongest tie was with the geology. [This] biography is interesting, well researched and well written. It is a balanced study of a complex man who did so much work and generated such controversy." --Earth Sciences History
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