Principles of geology

Author(s)

• Lyell, Charles, Sir
• Secord, James A.

Bibliographic Information

Principles of geology

Charles Lyell ; edited with an introduction by James A. Secord

（Penguin classics）

Penguin Books, 1997

Note

Reprint. Olliginaly published in 3v. London : John Murray, 1830-1833

Bibliography of reviews: p. 459-461

Index: p. 463-[472]

Description and Table of Contents

Description

One of the key works in the nineteenth-century battle between science and Scripture, Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology (1830-33) sought to explain the geological state of the modern Earth by considering the long-term effects of observable natural phenomena. Written with clarity and a dazzling intellectual passion, it is both a seminal work of modern geology and a compelling precursor to Darwinism, exploring the evidence for radical changes in climate and geography across the ages and speculating on the progressive development of life. A profound influence on Darwin, Principles of Geology also captured the imagination of contemporaries such as Melville, Emerson, Tennyson and George Eliot, transforming science with its depiction of the powerful forces that shape the natural world.

Table of Contents

Edited with an Introduction by James A. SecordNumbers in italics refer to chapters included only as summaries or in brief extracts List of Illustrations Introduction Further Reading A Note on This Edition Volume I (1830) 1: Objects and Nature of Geology 2-4: Historical Sketch of the Progress of Geology 5: Theoretical Errors which have Retarded the Progress of Geology 6: Assumed Discordance of the Ancient and Existing Causes of Change Controverted - Climate 7: Climate, continued 8: Climate, continued 9. Theory of the Progressive Development of Organic Life 10-17: Aqueous Causes 18-22: Igneous Causes 23-24: Earthquakes and their Effects 25: Earthquakes, continued - Temple of Serapis 26. Causes of Earthquakes and Volcanos Volume II (1832) 1: Changes of the Organic World - Reality of Species 2: Theory of the Transmutation of Species Untenable 3: Limits of the Variability of Species 4: Hybrids 5-7: Geographical Distribution of Species 8: Changes in the Animate World, which Tend to the Extinction of Species 9: Changes in the Animate World, which Tend to the Extinction of Species, continued 10: Changes in the Inorganic World, Tending to the Extinction of Species 11: Whether the Extinction and Creation of Species Can Now be in Progress 12: Modifications in Physical Geography Caused by Plants, the Inferior Animals, and Man 13-16, 17: How the Remains of Man and his Works are becoming Fossil beneath the Waters 18: Corals and Coral Reefs Volume III (1833) 1: Methods of Theorizing in Geology 2: General Arrangement of the Materials Composing the Earth's Crust 3: Different Circumstances under which the Secondary and Tertiary Formations may have Originated 4: Determination of the Relative Ages of Rocks 5: Classification of Tertiary Formations in Chronological Order 6-7: Newer Pliocene Formations - Sicily 8: Rocks of the Same Age in Etna 9: Origin of the Newer Pliocene Strata of Sicily 10-26: Former Changes of the Earth's Surface Concluding Remarks Glossary Notes Bibliography of Reviews Index >

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Details

• NCID: BA36884807
• ISBN:
  • 014043528X
• LCCN: 98165644
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xlvii, 471, [1] p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646