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Vor einem Tag · He read Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology and from the first stop ashore, at St. Jago, found Lyell's uniformitarianism a key to the geological history of landscapes. Darwin discovered fossils resembling huge armadillos , and noted the geographical distribution of modern species in hope of finding their "centre of creation". [21]
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
Vor 2 Tagen · Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was a Scottish geologist whose geological discoveries informed a revelatory shift in our understanding of the Earth and its history. Lyell was fundamental in establishing the popularity and credibility of geology as a science in the nineteenth century. He was the author of the book 'Principles of Geology', which ...
17. Mai 2024 · By CHARLES LYELL. 1841. CHAPTER V – LOWELL FACTORIES Note: Charles Lyell was a geologist in England who resolved to make a journey to America to study the terrain of the new country. His trip in the years 1841-2 encompassed Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, South ...
22. Mai 2024 · By 1859, leading geologists including Roderick Murchison were convinced that what was then called the lowest Silurian stratum showed the origin of life on Earth, though others, including Charles Lyell, differed.
9. Mai 2024 · The feathered limbs, sharp teeth and claws of the oldest known bird-like dinosaurs, the Archaeopteryx have fascinated naturalists and paleontologists including Charles Lyell and Charles...
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Vor einem Tag · Hutton's theory would later become known as uniformitarianism, popularised by John Playfair (1748–1819) and later Charles Lyell (1797–1875) in his Principles of Geology. [9] [47] [48] Their theories strongly contested the 6,000 year age of the Earth as suggested determined by James Ussher via Biblical chronology that was accepted ...
17. Mai 2024 · Sir Charles Lyell. "Elements of Geology." University of Delaware, Special Collections. Accessed 17 May 2024. https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/animalvegetablemineral/exhibition-item/elements-of-geology/ Title. Elements of Geology. Subject. Geology. Description. Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. Elements of Geology. London: J. Murray ...
