{"product_id":"2940013158603","title":"Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology (Ninth Edition) [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e • 127 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eBOOK I. (Chapters I. to XIII.)\u003cbr\u003ehistorical sketch of the progress of geology, with a series of essays to show that the monuments of the ancient state of the earth and its inhabitants, which this science interprets, can only be understood by a previous acquaintance with terrestrial changes now in progress, both in the organic and inorganic worlds.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eGeology defined — Its relation to other Sciences\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eOriental and Egyptian Cosmogonies — Doctrines of the Greeks and Romans bearing on Geology\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eHistorical progress of Geology — Arabian Writers — Italian, French, German, and English geologists before the 19th century — Physico-theological school\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eWerner and Hutton — Modern progress of the science\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003ePrepossessions in regard to the duration of past time, and other causes which have retarded the progress of Geology\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eAgreement of the ancient and modern course of nature considered — Changes of climate\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTERS VII. VIII.\u003cbr\u003eCauses of vicissitudes in climate, and their connection with changes in physical geography\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eTheory of the progressive development of organic life at successive periods considered — Modern origin of Man\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eSupposed intensity of aqueous forces at remote periods — Erratic blocks — Deluges\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eSupposed former intensity of the igneous forces — Upheaval of land — Volcanic action\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eCauses of the difference in texture of older and newer rocks — Plutonic and Metamorphic. action\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eSupposed alternate periods of repose and disorder — Opposite doctrine, which refers geological phenomena to an uninterrupted series of changes in the organic and inorganic world, unattended with general catastrophes, or the development of paroxysmal forces\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBOOK II. (Chapters XIV. to XXXII.)\u003cbr\u003eobserved changes in the inorganic world now in progress: first, the effects of aqueous causes, such as rivers, springs, glaciers, waves, tides, and currents; secondly, of igneous causes, or subterranean heat, as exhibited in the volcano and the earthquake.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eAqueous causes — Excavating and transporting power of rivers \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eCarrying power of river-ice — Glaciers and Icebergs \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003ePhenomena of springs\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003eReproductive effects of rivers — Deltas of lakes and inland seas\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII.\u003cbr\u003eDeltas of the Mississippi, Ganges, and other rivers exposed to tidal action\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTERS XIX. XX. XXI.\u003cbr\u003eDenuding, transporting, and depositing agency of the waves, tides, and currents — Waste of sea-cliffs on the coast of England — Delta of the Rhine — Deposition of sediment under the influence of marine currents\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII.\u003cbr\u003eObserved effects of igneous causes — Regions of active volcanoes\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTERS XXIII. XXIV.\u003cbr\u003eHistory of the volcanic eruptions of the district round Naples — Structure of Vesuvius — Herculaneum and Pompeii\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV.\u003cbr\u003eEtna — Its eruptions — Structure and antiquity of the cone\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVI.\u003cbr\u003eVolcanoes of Iceland, Mexico, the Canaries, and Grecian Archipelago — Mud volcanoes\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVII.\u003cbr\u003eEarthquakes and the permanent changes attending them\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVIII.\u003cbr\u003eEarthquake of 1783 in Calabria\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIX.\u003cbr\u003eElevation and subsidence of dry land, and of the bed of the sea during earthquakes — Evidence of the same afforded by the Temple of Serapis near Naples\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXX.\u003cbr\u003eElevation and subsidence of land in regions free from volcanoes and earthquakes — Rising of land in Sweden\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTERS XXXI. XXXII.\u003cbr\u003eCauses of earthquakes and volcanoes — Theory of central fluidity of the earth — Chemical theory of volcanoes — Causes of permanent upheaval and depression of land , \u003cbr\u003eBOOK III. (Chapters XXXIII to L.)\u003cbr\u003eobserved changes of the organic world now in progress; first, nature and geographical distribution of species, and theories respecting their creation and extinction; secondly, the influence of organic beings in modifying physical geography; thirdly, the laws according to which they are imbedded in volcanic, freshwater, and marine deposits.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTERS XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI.\u003cbr\u003eWhether species have a real existence in nature — Theory of transmutation of species — Variability of species — Phenomena of hybrids in animals and plants , , , \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXVII.\u003cbr\u003eLaws which regulate the geographical distribution of species — Distinct provinces of peculiar species of plants — Their mode of diffusion","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147464786160,"sku":"2940013158603","price":2.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013158603_p0.jpg?v=1763577278","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013158603","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}