More than 1,700 animal and plant specimens from the collection of eminent British geologist Sir Charles Lyell—known as the pioneer of modern geology—were organised, digitised and made openly ...

It's been called the most important scientific book ever. A stunning claim, but certainly Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, published in 1830, shook prevailing views of how Earth had been formed.

II. IN our previous notice of this work we have dwelt at some length upon the insight which it affords us concerning the origin and history of the book, which constitutes Lyell's chief title to fame.

BORN NOV. 14, 1797, DIED FEB. 22, 1875. LYELL'S life was uneventful. Great changes in thought, great scientific discoveries, are not called events. Yet, as might have been expected in the case of a ...

The Setting -- Boyhood of the Third Charles Lyell -- Oxford and First Travels, 1816-1819 -- The State of Geology in 1819 -- Law Student and Amateur Geologist, 1819-1824 -- The Emerging Barrister, ...

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More than 1,700 animal and plant specimens from the collection of eminent British geologist Sir Charles Lyell - known as the pioneer of modern geology - were organised, digitised and made openly ...

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