It rebukes the theories of Monsieur Francois Arago and is expanded upon in the author's further The Antiquity of Man.
It rebukes the theories of Monsieur Francois Arago and is expanded upon in the author's further The Antiquity of Man. The tenth edition of this work includes an update on Dr. Dawson's description of submarine forests in the Bay of Fundy and an acknowledgement of the new theory of "pangenesis." In one part of this work, the author supports Werner's theory that the earth was originally composed of a spheroidal mass of fluid, but then he proposes that all formation of life occurs in localized regions called "foci of creation." This work cites evidence from Sicily and Naples to support the double axis theory of eruption. It builds upon the ideas of Charles Darwin in its third volume and proposes that "the key to the present is the past," an idea of forerunner James Hutton. For 10 points, name this work that introduced the term "uniformitarianism," the magnum opus of Sir Charles Lyell.
It rebukes the theories of Monsieur Francois Arago and is expanded upon in the author's further The Antiquity of Man.
Principles of Geology