Essay on the Theory of the Earth: With Mineralogical Notes, and an Account of Cuvier's Geological Discoveries (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Georges Cuvier

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266551122 ISBN 13: 9780266551126

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Essay on the Theory of the Earth: With Mineralogical Notes, and an Account of Cuvier's Geological Discoveries

The attention of nammlists was early directed to the investigation of the fossil organic remains so generally and abund antly distributed throughout the strata of which the crust Of the earth is composed. It is not, some writers now imagine, em tinely amodern study for even so early as the time of Leibnitz, we find that philoso pher drawing and describing fossil bones. After this period it continued to interest individuals, and engage the particular at tention of societies and academies. The Royal Society of London, by the Memoirs of Sloane, Collinson, Lister, Derham, Ba ker, Grew, Hunter, Jacobs, Plott, Camper, and many others, afforded satisfactory proofs.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0266551122
• ISBN 13: 9780266551126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 370