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BUCKLAND, William. (NOAIC Catastrophe) "Account of an assemblage of Fossil Teeth and ones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and sixteen other animals discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the year 1821: with a comparative view of five similar caverns in various parts of England, and others on the continent", in the "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London". London: W. Nicol, 1822, vol. 112, the full volume (11.5"x 9") offered of iv, 489,(9)pp., with 49 engraved plates. Beautifully rebound in half-calf and marbled boards, with marbled boards, raised bands, and six-panel spine with two labels in red and black. Excellent craftsmanship. [++] The Buckland article appears on pp 171-236 and illustrated with 12 fine engraved plates. Interesting paper in the history of geology attempting to establish great upheavals in Earth history and introducing his evidence for the last of such events (ca. 5-6000 years ago) being the Noahic flood. [BTW HOW much rain did it need to rain for such a flood of tens of thousands of feet to occur and in such a short time?] ALSO in this volume: Humphry DAVY, " On electrical phenomena exhibited in vacuo:, pp 64-75; DAVY, "On the state of water and aeriform matter in cavities found in certain crystals", pp 367-376; DAVY, "Some Observations on corrosive sublimate", pp 357-366; Luke HOWARD, "On the late extraordinary depression of the Barometer", pp 113-116; J. BRINKLEY, "Elements of Captain Hall's comet", pp 50-63; Everard HOME, "On the anatomical structure of the eye" pp 76-85, with SEVEN PLATES. William Wollaston, "On the concentric adjustment of the triple glass", pp 82-87. PROUT, William. "Some experiments on the changes which take place in the fixed principle of the egg during incubation", pp. 377-400. [++]And: Wm. WOLLASTON "On the finite extent of the atmosphere", pp 89-98. [++] "In the 1820s and 1830s the Reverend William Buckland argued that Noah s Flood in the Bible had once covered Britain, eroding valleys and depositing sand and gravel. Buckland studied fossil bones which he suggested were all from animals wiped out by the flood."--Paleo Manchester. "Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus. His work proved that Kirkdale Cave had been a prehistoric hyena den, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal. It was praised as an example of how scientific analysis could reconstruct distant events. He pioneered the use of fossilised faeces in reconstructing ecosystems, coining the term coprolites. Buckland followed the Gap Theory in interpreting the biblical account of Genesis as two widely separated episodes of creation. It had emerged as a way to reconcile the scriptural account with discoveries in geology suggesting the earth was very old. Early in his career Buckland believed he had found evidence of the biblical flood, but later saw that the glaciation theory of Louis Agassiz gave a better explanation, and played a significant role in promoting it."--Wikipedia.
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