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Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808-1866 : American Geologist /
Henry Darwin Rogers was one of the first professional geologists in the United States. He directed two of the earliest state geological surveys--New Jersey and Pennsylvania--in the mid-1830s. His major interest was Pennsylvania, with its Appalachian Mountains, which Rogers saw as great folds of sedi...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | Paperback edition. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Figures; Preface; 1. To Have Some Certain and Definite Object in View, 1808-1829; 2. Acquiring an Intimacy with Geology, 1829-1833; 3. Promoting an Interesting Branch of Science, 1833-1835; 4. Field Research of a Scientific Kind, 1835-1836; 5. Questions of the Highest Importance, 1836-1837; 6. Cautious and Laborious Research, 1838-1840; 7. A Capricious Master, 1840-1842; 8. A Theory So Much More Satisfactory, 1842-1843; 9. Names Make General Propositions Possible, 1843-1844; 10. A Mind and a Heart with Scope to Unfold, 1843-1845; 11. Faithful Labours Cruelly Repaid, 1846-1848. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 12. A Spirit Oppressed, 1848-185113. In Pursuit of a Great Objective, 1845-1852; 14. Few to Take an Interest in My Volumes, 1852-1855; 15. To Leave a Land Sterile of Friendship, 1855-1857; 16. The Facts Are Better than the Theory, 1857-1858; 17. A Greatly Respected Man, 1859-1866; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Henry Darwin Rogers was one of the first professional geologists in the United States. He directed two of the earliest state geological surveys--New Jersey and Pennsylvania--in the mid-1830s. His major interest was Pennsylvania, with its Appalachian Mountains, which Rogers saw as great folds of sedimentary rock. He belived that an interpretation of these folds would lead to an understanding of the dynamic processes that had shaped the earth. From Rogers' efforts to explain these Pennsylvania folds came the first uniquely American theory of mountain elevation, a theory that Rogers personally. | ||
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