An Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth : (Record no. 514780)
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| control field | UkCbUP |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781139696494 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781108076982 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QE25 |
| Item number | .W66 1723 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 550 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Woodward, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1665-1728, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth : |
| Remainder of title | And Terrestrial Bodyes, Especially Minerals / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Woodward. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Place of publication not identified : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | publisher not identified, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1723. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | Cambridge University Press |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xvi, 305 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - Content Type (R) | |
| Content type term (R) | text |
| Content type code (R) | txt |
| Source (NR) | rdacontent |
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| Media type term (R) | computer |
| Media type code (R) | c |
| Source (NR) | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type (R) | |
| Carrier type term (R) | online resource |
| Carrier type code (R) | cr |
| Source (NR) | rdacarrier |
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| სერიის ცნობა | Cambridge library collection |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Originally published in 1723. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface -- An account of the observations upon which this discourse is founded -- A dissertation concerning shells and other marine bodyes, found at land -- 1. An examination of the opinions of former writers on this subject -- 2. Concerning the universal Deluge -- 3. Concerning the fluids of the globe -- 4. Of the origin and formation of metals, and minerals -- 5. Of the alterations which the terraqueous globe hath undergone since the time of the Deluge -- 6. Concerning the state of the Earth and the productions of it, before the Deluge. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | For the physician and natural historian John Woodward (c.1655-1728), fossils were the key to unlocking the mystery of the Earth's past, which he attempted to do in this controversial work, first published in 1695 and here reissued in the 1723 third edition. Woodward argues that the 'whole Terrestrial Globe was taken all to Pieces, and dissolved at the Deluge', and that fossilised remains were proof of the flood as described in the Bible. In the first part of the work, Woodward examines other theories of the Earth's history before presenting evidence - much of it based on his own fossil collection - in support of his theory. The work immediately prompted heated debate among his scientific contemporaries. Despite the controversy, Woodward was acknowledged as an expert on fossil classification, cementing this reputation with his influential Fossils of All Kinds (1728), which is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Geology |
| Form subdivision | Early works to 1800. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physical geology |
| Form subdivision | Early works to 1800. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mineralogy |
| Form subdivision | Early works to 1800. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781108076982 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Cambridge library collection. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139696494">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139696494</a> |
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