Author: Carroll Lane Fenton
Publisher:
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Category : Geologists
Languages : en
Pages : 383

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Author: Carroll Lane Fenton
Publisher:
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Category : Geologists
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Author: Ruth E. Moore
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Author: Jerome Wyckoff
Publisher: Western Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780307677501
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Author: Sir Archibald Geikie
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230326078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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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...

Author: Ruth E. Moore
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: George Perkins Merrill
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Category : Geologists
Languages : en
Pages : 646

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Author: Kieran D. O'Hara
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ISBN: 9781316628294
Category : Geologists
Languages : en
Pages :

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Geology as a science has a fascinating and controversial history. Kieran D. O'Hara's book provides a brief and accessible account of the major events in the history of geology over the last two hundred years, from early theories of Earth structure during the Reformation, through major controversies over the age of the Earth during the Industrial Revolution, to the more recent twentieth-century development of plate tectonic theory, and on to current ideas concerning the Anthropocene. Most chapters include a short 'text box' providing more technical and detailed elaborations on selected topics. The book also includes a history of the geology of the Moon, a topic not normally included in books on the history of geology. The book will appeal to students of Earth science, researchers in geology who wish to learn more about the history of their subject, and general readers interested in the history of science.

Author: Gabriel Gohau
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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ISBN 081351665X LCCN 9047755.

Author: Dennis Dean
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501733990
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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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.