Title The making of geology : earth science in Britain, 1660-1815 / Roy Porter

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1977

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Description x, 288 pages ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction; 1. Orientations: c. 1660- 1710; 2. The natural history of the Earth; 3. The re-creation of the Earth; 4. A deepening base: c. 1710-1775; 5. Continuity and change; 6. Changing social formations: c.. 1775-1815; 7. A reformation of knowledge; 8. The constitution of geology; Conclusion Analysis Geschichte 1660-1815 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [239]-278 Subject Geology -- Great Britain -- History. Geology -- history. LC no. 76056220 ISBN 0521215218

Other Titles Earth science in Britain, 1660-1815

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