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Principles of Geology: or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of GeologyLyell, Charles, Sir

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Principles of Geology: or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology

Name: Principles of Geology: or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Author: Lyell, Charles, Sir

Lyell, Charles, Sir

Geology

CHAPTER XXII.
  Observed effects of igneous causes--Regions of active
    volcanoes                                                         344

  CHAPTERS XXIII. XXIV.
  History of the volcanic eruptions of the district round
    Naples--Structure of Vesuvius--Herculaneum and Pompeii       360, 375

  CHAPTER XXV.
  Etna--Its eruptions--Structure and antiquity of the cone            396

  CHAPTER XXVI.
  Volcanoes of Iceland, Mexico, the Canaries, and Grecian
    Archipelago--Mud volcanoes                                        424

  CHAPTER XXVII.
  Earthquakes and the permanent changes attending them                451

  CHAPTER XXVIII.
  Earthquake of 1783 in Calabria                                      471

  CHAPTER XXIX.
  Elevation and subsidence of dry land, and of the bed of
    the sea during earthquakes--Evidence of the same afforded
    by the Temple of Serapis near Naples                              493

  CHAPTER XXX.
  Elevation and subsidence of land in regions free from
    volcanoes and earthquakes--Rising of land in Sweden               519

  CHAPTERS XXXI. XXXII.
  Causes of earthquakes and volcanoes--Theory of central
    fluidity of the earth--Chemical theory of volcanoes--Causes
    of permanent upheaval and depression of land                 533, 545


  BOOK III. (CHAPTERS XXXIII to L.)

  OBSERVED CHANGES OF THE ORGANIC WORLD NOW IN PROGRESS; FIRST,
    NATURE AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES, AND THEORIES
    RESPECTING THEIR CREATION AND EXTINCTION; SECONDLY, THE
    INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC BEINGS IN MODIFYING PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;
    THIRDLY, THE LAWS ACCORDING TO WHICH THEY ARE IMBEDDED IN
    VOLCANIC, FRESHWATER, AND MARINE DEPOSITS.

  CHAPTERS XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI.
  Whether species have a real existence in nature--Theory
    of transmutation of species--Variability of
    species--Phenomena of hybrids in animals and
    plants                                             566, 578, 591, 600

  CHAPTER XXXVII.
  Laws which regulate the geographical distribution of
    species--Distinct provinces of peculiar species of
    plants--Their mode of diffusion                                   612

  CHAPTER XXXVIII.
  Distinct provinces of peculiar species of
    animals--Distribution and dispersion of
    quadrupeds, birds, and reptiles                                   629

  CHAPTER XXXIX.
  Geographical distribution and migrations
    of fish--Of testacea--Of zoophytes--Of
    insects--Geographical distribution and
    diffusion of the human race                                       646

  CHAPTER XL.
  Theories respecting the original introduction of
    species--Reciprocal influence of species on each other            665

  CHAPTERS XLI. XLII.
  Extinction of species--How every extension of the range
    of a species alters the condition of many others--Effect
    of changes of climate                                        677, 689

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