The Student's Elements of Geology - Charles Lyell

The Student's Elements of Geology

By Charles Lyell

  • Release Date: 1969-12-31
  • Genre: Earth Sciences

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First published in 1870. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation today. Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin.

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