Library of 19th Century Science
The Golden Age of Geology
This digital library is prepared
and maintained by Dr. David C. Bossard.
Last Update4 Jan 2019: The website is now hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), after the previous hosting could not be sustained
Older updates (2013): George Johnston, M. D., A History of the British Zoophytes
All books are now available as an Acrobat PDF volume, accessible from the book's entry page.
Hugh Miller, The Old Red Sandstone (8th Edition, 1858)
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GOLDEN AGE OF GEOLOGY LIBRARY
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GOLDEN AGE OF GEOLOGY LIBRARY
More books are available and
all books are now posted
for browsing and for word search.
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The Golden Age of
Geology
I confess indeed for my
own part, I do not
look to see the exertions of the present race of geologists surpassed
by any who may succeed them. The great geological theorizers of the
past belong to the Fabulous Period of the science ; but I consider the
eminent men by whom I am surrounded as the Heroic Age of Geology. They
have slain its monsters and cleared its wildernesses; and founded here
and there a great metropolis, the queen of future empires. They have
exerted combinations of talents, which we cannot hope to see often
again exhibited; especially when the condition of the science which
produced them is changed. I consider that it is now the destiny of
Geology to pass from the heroic to the Historical Period. She can no
longer look for supernatural successes: but she is entering upon a
career, I trust a long and prosperous one, in which she must carry her
vigilance into every province of her territory, and extend her dominion
over the earth, till it becomes, far more truly than any before, a
universal empire.
the Rev. William Whewell
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Address as President of the
Geological Society (England).delivered February 15, 1839* |
The Library of 19th Century Science contains a number of books and reports written (mostly) in the 19th century. The books are available for direct viewing.
Fair Use. You are encouraged to browse the listings and use this site as a library resource for your personal use. This includes downloading a single copy of a complete report for personal use. All materials are copyrighted, and all rights are reserved.
H.M.S. Challenger
The Golden Age of Geology library has many of the important books on Geology written in the 19th Century, including the complete Bridgewater Treatises, and works by William Smith, John Phillips, William Daniel Conybeare, Baron Georges Cuvier, John Herschel, Robert Bakewell, Edward Hitchcock, Louis Agassiz, Adam Sedgwick, Gideon Algernon Mantell, John Pye Smity, Sir Charles Lyell, Hugh Miller, Alexander von Humboldt, James Dana, Alexander Winchell, Louis Figuier, Ernst Haeckel, Sir Andrew Ramsay, Archibald Geikie, Sir William Dawson, Karl Alfred von Zittel, and Eduard Suess.
The Golden Age of Geology Library has all of the books available for viewing as linked jpg page images and as searchable acrobat (pdf) pages.
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Notice: This web site and all of the digitized documents available from this site are copyrighted by Dr. David C. Bossard. All Rights reserved. It is permissible to view and download single copies of the reports for personal use.
Last Update 4 Jan 2019 - The website is now hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)