CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. xi 



THE PALMTIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



BOOK XVIII. 

 HISTORY OF GEOLOGY. 



I AGE 



Introduction . ....... 527 



DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY. 



CHAPTER I. PRELUDE TO SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIVE 

 GEOLOGY. 



Sect. 1. Ancient Notices of Geological Facts . . 536 



Sect. 2. Early Descriptions and Collections of Fossils . 538 

 Sect. 3. First Construction of Geological Maps . . 543 



CHAPTER II. FORMATION OF SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIVE 

 GEOLOGY. 



Sect. 1. Discovery of the Order and Stratification of the 



Materials of the Earth .... 546 



Sect. 2. Systematic Form given to Descriptive Geology. 



Werner ...... 550 



Sect. 3. Application of Organic Remains as a Geological 



Character. Smith ..... 554 



Sect. 4. Advances in Palaeontology. Cuvier . . 556 



Sect. 5. Intellectual Characters of the Founders of Syste- 

 matic Descriptive Geology . . . 561 



CHAPTER III. SEQUEL TO THE FORMATION OF SYSTEMATIC 

 DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY. 



Sect. 1. Reception and Diffusion of Systematic Geology . 566 

 Sect. 2. Application of Systematic Geology. Geological 



Surveys and Maps ..... 572 

 Sect. 3. Geological Nomenclature .... 574 

 Sect. 4. Geological Synonymy, or Determination of Geo- 

 logical Equivalents 580 



CHAPTER IV. ATTEMPTS TO DISCOVER GENERAL LAWS 

 IN GEOLOGY. 



Sect. } . General Geological Phenomena . . . 588 

 Sect. 2. Transition to Geological Dynamic.* . . . 593 



