Author: John Holland
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain
Author: John Holland
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The Westminster Review
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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The Story of the Durham Miners (1662-1921)
Author: Sidney Webb
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Category : Coal miners
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Category : Coal miners
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The Life and Letters of Thomas À Becket
Author: John Allen Giles
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Catalogue Or Alphabetical Index of the Astor Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Catalogue of the Library of the Geological Society of London
Author: Geological Society of London. Library
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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How the New World Became Old
Author: Caroline Winterer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691265453
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. rex and Brontosaurus ruled the continent. North America was home to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, great herds of camels and hippos, and sultry tropical forests now fossilized into massive coal seams. How the New World Became Old tells the extraordinary story of how Americans discovered that the New World was not just old—it was a place rooted in deep time. In this panoramic book, Caroline Winterer traces the history of an idea that today lies at the heart of the nation’s identity as a place of primordial natural beauty. Europeans called America the New World, and literal readings of the Bible suggested that Earth was only six thousand years old. Winterer takes readers from glacier-capped peaks in Yosemite to Alabama slave plantations and canal works in upstate New York, describing how naturalists, explorers, engineers, and ordinary Americans unearthed a past they never suspected, a history more ancient than anyone ever could have imagined. Drawing on archival evidence ranging from unpublished field notes and letters to early stratigraphic diagrams, How the New World Became Old reveals how the deep time revolution ushered in profound changes in science, literature, art, and religion, and how Americans came to realize that the New World might in fact be the oldest world of all.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691265453
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves During the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked to learn that the land beneath their feet had once been stalked by terrifying beasts. T. rex and Brontosaurus ruled the continent. North America was home to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, great herds of camels and hippos, and sultry tropical forests now fossilized into massive coal seams. How the New World Became Old tells the extraordinary story of how Americans discovered that the New World was not just old—it was a place rooted in deep time. In this panoramic book, Caroline Winterer traces the history of an idea that today lies at the heart of the nation’s identity as a place of primordial natural beauty. Europeans called America the New World, and literal readings of the Bible suggested that Earth was only six thousand years old. Winterer takes readers from glacier-capped peaks in Yosemite to Alabama slave plantations and canal works in upstate New York, describing how naturalists, explorers, engineers, and ordinary Americans unearthed a past they never suspected, a history more ancient than anyone ever could have imagined. Drawing on archival evidence ranging from unpublished field notes and letters to early stratigraphic diagrams, How the New World Became Old reveals how the deep time revolution ushered in profound changes in science, literature, art, and religion, and how Americans came to realize that the New World might in fact be the oldest world of all.
The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc
Author: William Jerdan
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Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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