TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dawson Adams, Frank
TI  - The birth and development of the geological sciences
PY  - 1938///
CY  - United States
PB  - Dover Publications, Inc.
KW  - GEOLOGÍA
KW  - TERREMOTOS
KW  - PALEONTOLOGÍA
N1  - Incluye índice: páginas 495-505; 1. Introduction -- 2. Geological science in classical times -- 3. The conception of the universe in the middle ages -- 4. On the "generation of stones" -- 5. Medieval mineralogy -- 6. The birth of modern mineralogy and its development from agricola to werner and berzelius -- 7. The birth of historical geology with the rise and fall of the neptunian theory -- 8. "Figured stones" and the birth of paleontology -- 9. The origin of metals and their ores -- 10. The origin of mountains -- 11. Earthquakes and the nature of the interior of the Earth -- 12. The origin of springs and rivers -- 13. Quaint stories and beliefs
ER  -