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Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic
history of the Earth, Buckland's treatise envisages instead and
propounds the theory of a course of progressive change that
occurred as the Earth gradually cooled and became ready for human
occupation. During this time, the creatures that first walked the
Earth did not die out because they were poorly designed; God loved
the dinosaurs and had adapted them to their various circumstances.
Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic
history of the Earth, this volume shows how Buckland envisages
instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was
prepared for human occupation. Extinct creatures did not die out
because they were poorly designed; God loved the dinosaurs and had
adapted them to their various circumstances.
William Buckland (1784 1856), Dean of Westminster, was an English
geologist best known for his contributions to palaeontology. He
became the first Reader in Geology at the University of Oxford in
1818. Buckland spent 1819 1822 investigating fossil remains in
caves, in order to refine his concept of catastrophism. His
research led him to the realisation that hyena remains in Kirkland
Cave, Yorkshire, were the remains of an ancient ecosystem and were
not relics of the Flood; this led to his being awarded the Copley
Medal by the Royal Society of London in 1822. This volume, first
published in 1823, contains a full account of Buckland's
influential research in Kirkland Cave, which demonstrated for the
first time the ability of scientific analysis to reconstruct events
from deep time. Buckland's support for and influential revision of
the concept of catastrophism is also illustrated in this volume.
First published in 1894, this biography details the life of
renowned geologist William Buckland (1784 1856) who, along with
Sedgwick and Lyell, was one of the pioneers of modern geological
inquiry. While he is better known for attempting to correlate his
geological findings with the Old Testament, Buckland's studies
paved the way for Darwin's development of evolutionary theory. In
the course of his illustrious career, Buckland was a Canon of
Christ Church, was twice appointed President of the Geological
Society, served as the first President of the British Association,
and became Dean of Westminster. Penned by Buckland's daughter
almost forty years after his death, The Life and Correspondence
provides a more personal insight into Buckland's scientific
endeavours. Gordon's biography is complemented by several
illustrations, and the appendices include an extensive list of
positions held by Buckland and his membership of learned societies,
and a complete index of his publications.
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Title: Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural
Theology.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOLOGY
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps,
charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting
geological features of the natural world. Also contained are
textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle
the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further
enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating
the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ British Library Buckland, William; Brown, Robert; Buckland,
Francis Trevelyan; 1858. 2 vol.; 8 . 7105.d.4.
Title: Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural
Theology.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOLOGY
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps,
charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting
geological features of the natural world. Also contained are
textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle
the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further
enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating
the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++ British Library Buckland, William; Brown, Robert; Buckland,
Francis Trevelyan; 1858. 2 vol.; 8 . 7105.d.4.
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