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Essay on the Theory of the Earth
Georges, baron Cuvier and Robert Jameson
The rocks record catastrophes that reshaped the whole surface of the earth. Cuvier, founder of comparative anatomy, argues from fossils that great revolutions have repeatedly swept the globe, wiping out and replacing its living things. A landmark in geology and paleontology. Read the case for a planet shaped by upheaval and extinction.
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89 chapters
- 1ESSAY ON THE THEORY OF THE EARTH.
- 2PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.
- 3ADVERTISEMENT TO FOURTH EDITION.
- 4PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- 5CONTENTS.
- 6GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7LIST OF PLATES.
- 8PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
- 9Plan of this Essay.
- 10First Appearance of the Earth.
- 11First proofs of Revolutions on the surface of the Globe.
- 12Proofs that such revolutions have been numerous.
- 13Proofs that these Revolutions have been sudden.
- 14Proofs that there have been Revolutions anterior to the existence of living beings.
- 15Examination of the Causes which act at present on the surface of the Globe.
- 16Of Slips, or Falling down of the Materials of Mountains.
- 17Alluvial Formations[8].
- 18Formation of Downs.[9]
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