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“In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants.”

Book:Travels in North America, in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia

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Travels in North America, in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia

This book offers a detailed account of the author's journey through North America, including the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, during the years 1841 and 1842. The narrative is enhanced with geological observations, providing insights into the natural features and landscapes of the regions visited. more

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Charles Lyell

Charles Lyell, born on November 14, 1797 and died on February 22, 1875, was a renowned lawyer and geologist from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his extensive research in geology and his influential book 'Principles of Geology,' which had a profound impact on the development of the field. more

“In the first book I shall describe all the positions of the spheres, along with the motions which I attribute to the Earth, so that the book will contain as it were the general structure of the universe. In the remaining books I relate the motions of the remaining stars, and all the spheres, to the mobility of the Earth, so that it can be thence established how far the motions and appearances of the remaining stars and spheres can be saved, if they are referred to the motions of the Earth.”

Ifs Firsts Book Earth Science Universe Stars Position Structure Appearance Saved Relate Attributes Spheres Mobility

Book:On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Source: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

“It is clear, then, that the earth must be at the centre and immovable, not only for the reasons already given, but also because heavy bodies forcibly thrown quite straight upward return to the point from which they started, even if they are thrown to an infinite distance. From these considerations then it is clear that the earth does not move and does not lie elsewhere than at the centre.”

Doe Earth Moving Science Lying Clear Elsewhere

Author:Aristotle

“It is in the nature of water ... to become transformed into earth through a predominating earthy virtue; ... it is in the nature of earth to become transformed into water through a predominating aqueous virtue.”

Earth Science Water Virtue Transformed

Book:De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum, being sections of the Kitāb al-shifâ: The Latin and Arabic texts, edited with an English translation of the latter and with critical notes

Source: De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum, being sections of the Kitāb al-shifâ: The Latin and Arabic texts, edited with an English translation of the latter and with critical notes

“It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth is too thick, in comparison with human strength; and especially because of the intermediate waters, which would gush forth with greater impetus, the deeper the place in which their veins were first opened; and which would drown all miners.”