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  1. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell that was first published in 3 volumes from 1830 to 1833.

  2. Jul 22, 2010 · 33224. Release Date. Jul 22, 2010. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 320 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

    • Charles Lyell
    • English
    • 1830
    • QE: Science: Geology
  3. Charles Lyell (1797 — 1875) was a Scottish lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology. It popularized geologist James Hutton’s concept of “uniformitarianism” — the idea that the Earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation today.

  4. Feb 25, 2011 · Principles of geology. by. Lyell, Charles. Publication date. 1837. Publisher. London John Murray. Collection. biodiversity; darwinslibrary.

  5. He is best known today for his association with Charles Darwin and as the author of Principles of Geology (1830–33), which presented to a wide public audience the idea that the earth was shaped by the same natural processes still in operation today, operating at similar intensities.

  6. In Principles of Geology, 3 vol. (1830–33), Scottish geologist Sir Charles Lyell deciphered Earth’s history by employing Huttonian principles and made available a host of new geologic evidence supporting the view that physical laws are permanent and that any form of supernaturalism could be rejected. Lyell’s…. Read More.

  7. Principles of Geology. Home. Books. Principles of Geology. An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation. Search within full text. Get access. Cited by 3. Volume 1. Charles Lyell. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Online publication date: August 2010. Print publication year: 2009.

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