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020 _a9781107478671 (ebook)
020 _z9781108075114 (paperback)
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_beng
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050 4 _aQE521
_b.D23 2014
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100 1 _aDaubeny, Charles,
_d1795-1867,
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA description of active and extinct volcanos :
_bwith remarks on their origin, their chemical phaenomena, and the character of their products /
_cCharles Daubeny.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xx, 466 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Earth science
500 _aOriginally published: London : W. Phillips, 1826.
505 0 _a1. On the volcanos of France and Germany -- 2. On the volcanic countries visited by the author, in 1823-4 -- 3. Description of volcanos in countries not visited by the author -- 4. General inferences respecting volcanic phaenomena -- Additional notes -- List of books on volcanos.
520 _aFirst published in 1826, at a time when the earth sciences were in a state of confusion and controversy, this pioneering study of volcanic action by Charles Daubeny (1795-1867) was significant in promoting the scientific method and the science of geology, at the same time establishing the author's international reputation. Having studied medicine, Daubeny increasingly turned his attention to chemistry, volcanos and earthquakes. Elected a fellow of the Royal Society, he also sought to elevate the status of science in Britain. He presents evidence here, gathered from his travels across Europe, in a methodical fashion, developing contemporary ideas regarding the processes at work beneath the surface of the earth. This reissued first edition provides an opportunity to examine Daubeny's reasoning prior to the revisions of the 1848 edition (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), which was updated to take account of the work of Charles Darwin.
650 0 _aVolcanoes.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108075114
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pEarth science.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107478671
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