The Great Chain of History: William Buckland and the English School of Geology (1814-1849)Clarendon Press, 1983 - 322 sider Describes the early nineteenth-century English contributions to the revolutionary discovery that the earth has existed long before man and that it had passed through a progressive sequence of changes. |
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... represented the deposits of a particular period of earth history , best characterized by the remains of its faunal inhabitants . Cuvier wrote : ' It is to them alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ; as , but ...
... represented the deposits of a particular period of earth history , best characterized by the remains of its faunal inhabitants . Cuvier wrote : ' It is to them alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ; as , but ...
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... represented the majority opinion of the English school . It was frequently cited , both in England and abroad . The paleontological refinement of this perspective of change and progress was primarily the work of Buckland . His work on ...
... represented the majority opinion of the English school . It was frequently cited , both in England and abroad . The paleontological refinement of this perspective of change and progress was primarily the work of Buckland . His work on ...
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... represented by what became known as natural theology or physico- theology , was a favourite way of refuting atheism . Bernard Nieuwentyt's Regt Gebruik der Werelt Beschouwingen ( 1715 ) was a particularly fine example of this . The ...
... represented by what became known as natural theology or physico- theology , was a favourite way of refuting atheism . Bernard Nieuwentyt's Regt Gebruik der Werelt Beschouwingen ( 1715 ) was a particularly fine example of this . The ...
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HYENA DENS AND THE DELUGE Diluvial Geology as | 29 |
Objections by Biblical Literalists | 42 |
Geology and Classical Learning | 51 |
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