Sparks from a geologist's hammer

Related Titles

Series: Landmarks II

By

Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Chicago, S.C. Griggs, 1881

Notes

Publisher's advertising: p. [1]-[8] (2nd group).

Continues: Landmarks of science.

Contents: Aesthetic: Mont Blank and the Mer de Glace. Ascent of Mont Blanc. The beautiful -- Chronological: The old age of continents. Obliterated continents. A grasp of geologic time -- Climatic: Geological seasons. The climate of the lake region. Mammoths and mastodons -- Historical: Salt enterprise in Michigan. A remarkable Maori manuscript -- Philosophical: The genealogy of ships. Huxley and evolution. Grounds and consequences of evolution. The Metaphysics of science.

Subjects

Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) , Science

Call Number

Q2

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20364
OCLC: 34297298
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51429057