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“Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not yet occupied by man, land animals and forests now abound where the anchor once sank into the oozy bottom.”

Book:Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation

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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation

This seminal work delves into the geological transformations of the Earth's surface, employing current scientific understanding to interpret past geological events and formations. more

Author

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

“Nature is a vast tablet, inscribed with signs, each of which has its own significancy, and becomes poetry in the mind when read; and geology is simply the key by which myriads of these signs, hitherto indecipherable, can be unlocked and perused, and thus a new province added to the poetical domain.”

Mind Science Nature Keys Domain Provinces Geology Tablets

Author:Hugh Miller

“Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... [the] instinctive parsimony of the human mind in matters where time is concerned.”

Men Mind Humans Matter Science Time Higher Concerned Conclusion Human Mind Geology Reception Retarded Parsimony

Author:Charles Lapworth

“Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes, we are authorized to regard them as part of the present order of Nature.”

May Science Order Nature Accounts Regard Continents Catastrophe Geology

Book:Principles of Geology0: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation : In 4 Volumes

Source: Principles of Geology0: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation : In 4 Volumes

“Physical geography and geology are inseparable scientific twins.”

Science Twins Geography Inseparable Geology

Author:Roderick Murchison

“The course of the line we indicated as forming our grandest terrestrial fold [along the shores of Japan] returns upon itself. It is an endless fold, an endless band, the common possession of two sciences. It is geological in origin, geographical in effect. It is the wedding ring of geology and geography, uniting them at once and for ever in indissoluble union.”