Title
Sparks from a geologist's hammer
By
Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Chicago, S.C. Griggs, 1887, c1881
Edition
3rd ed.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents: Æsthetic: Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace. Ascent of mont Blanc. The beautiful.--Chronological: The old age of continents. Obliterated continents. A grasp of geologic time.--Climatic: Geological seasons. The climate of the lake region. Mammoths and mastodons.--Historical: Salt enterprise in Michigan. A remarkable Maori manuscript.--Philosophical: The genealogy of ships. Huxley and evolution. Grounds and consequences of evolution. The metaphysics of science.
Subjects
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)
,
Science
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.24865
OCLC:
8890519
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