Principles of Geology

by Charles Lyell

107 chapters46h 1mEnglish1854

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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 is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell, first published in 3 volumes in 1830–1833. Lyell used geology throughout as a basis to strengthen his argument for Uniformitarianism. He used geological proof to determine that the Earth was older than 6,000 years, as had been previously contested. The book shows that the processes that are occurring in the present are the same processes that occurred in the past.

Chapters (106)

1Chapter I

518

2Chapter II, part 1

1387

3Chapter II, part 2

1366

4Chapter III, part 1

967

5Chapter III, part 2

1277

6Chapter III, part 3

1616

7Chapter III, part 4

1414

8Chapter III, part 5

1115

9Chapter IV, part 1

1977

10Chapter IV, part 2

1618

11Chapter V, part 1

1522

12Chapter V, part 2

1294

13Chapter VI, part 1

2059

14Chapter VI, part 2

1802

15Chapter VII, part 1

1921

16Chapter VII, part 2

2139

17Chapter VIII, part 1

1725

18Chapter VIII, part 2

1776

19Chapter IX, part 1

1556

20Chapter IX, part 2

1635

21Chapter IX, part 3

1834

22Chapter X

1613

23Chapter XI, part 1

1530

24Chapter XI, part 2

1818

25Chapter XII

1028

26Chapter XIII, part 1

1445

27Chapter XIII, part 2

1762

28Chapter XIII, part 3

1066

29Chapter XIV, part 1

1464

30Chapter XIV, part 2

1576

31Chapter XIV, part 3

1359

32Chapter XV, part 1

1489

33Chapter XV, part 2

1225

34Chapter XVI, part 1

1162

35Chapter XVI, part 2

1470

36Chapter XVI, part 3

2605

37Chapter XVII, part 1

1580

38Chapter XVII, part 2

1164

39Chapter XVIII, part 1

1716

40Chapter XVIII, part 2

1495

41Chapter XVIII, part 3

1465

42Chapter XVIII, part 4

1277

43Chapter XIX, part 1

1860

44Chapter XIX, part 2

1459

45Chapter XIX, part 3

1775

46Chapter XIX, part 4

1744

47Chapter XIX, part 5

605

48Chapter XX

2661

49Chapter XXI

1789

50Chapter XXII, part 1

1548

51Chapter XXII, part 2

1811

52Chapter XXIII, part 1

1342

53Chapter XXIII, part 2

1754

54Chapter XXIV, part 1

1966

55Chapter XXIV, part 2

1607

56Chapter XXIV, part 3

901

57Chapter XXV, part 1

1176

58Chapter XXV, part 2

1110

59Chapter XXV, part 3

1881

60Chapter XXV, part 4

665

61Chapter XXVI, part 1

1571

62Chapter XXVI, part 2

1190

63Chapter XXVI, part 3

1152

64Chapter XXVI, part 4

1281

65Chapter XXVI, part 5

758

66Chapter XXVII, part 1

1783

67Chapter XXVII, part 2

1994

68Chapter XXVIII, part 1

1776

69Chapter XXVIII, part 2

1674

70Chapter XXIX, part 1

1366

71Chapter XXIX, part 2

1314

72Chapter XXIX, part 3

1591

73Chapter XXX, part 1

1559

74Chapter XXX, part 2

1184

75Chapter XXXI

2073

76Chapter XXXII, part 1

1414

77Chapter XXXII, part 2

754

78Chapter XXXII, part 3

1380

79Chapter XXXIII

1976

80Chapter XXXIV, part 1

1287

81Chapter XXXIV, part 2

815

82Chapter XXXV

1620

83Chapter XXXVI

2605

84Chapter XXXVII, part 1

1540

85Chapter XXXVII, part 2

1514

86Chapter XXXVIII, part 1

1879

87Chapter XXXVIII, part 2

1178

88Chapter XXXIX, part 1

2446

89Chapter XXXIX, part 2

1652

90Chapter XL, part 1

1746

91Chapter XL, part 2

1403

92Chapter XLI

2157

93Chapter XLII, part 1

1299

94Chapter XLII, part 2

1484

95Chapter XLIII

1529

96Chapter XLIV

2087

97Chapter XLV

2614

98Chapter XLVI

2728

99Chapter XLVII

2309

100Chapter XLVIII, part 1

1446

101Chapter XLVIII, part 2

1469

102Chapter XLIX

1927

103Chapter L, part 1

1675

104Chapter L, part 2

1610

105Chapter L, part 3

1780

106Concluding Remarks

336

Principles of Geology

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