No work on any science has yet been published in our language more exhaustive of facts, more clear in statement, or more philosophical in general character and arrangement, than Dana’s “ Mineralogy,” ...

IN their differences these two books bring out very clearly the difficulties that beset the teacher of historical geology (stratigraphy) to-day. An ever-increasing knowledge of the detail of local ...

Aim: Our aim was to elucidate the effect of mass extinctions on inferred crown ages of terrestrial clades endemic to ancient islands. We thereby assessed the potential for mass extinction events, such ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS) publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history ...

Boulder, CO, USA – Jerusalem's geology has been crucial in molding it into one of the most religiously important cities on the planet, according to a new study. It started in the year 1000 BCE, when ...

THE new edition of Dr. A. K. Wells's “Outline of Historical Geology", which succeeds the first edition after a lapse of ten years, has been revised and greatly expanded, with the assistance of Dr.

A charity that promotes interest in science and history in the Highlands has celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Inverness ...

William & Mary’s Department of Geology is celebrating its 50th birthday—not even a tick of the clock in terms of the age of the earth. A birthday party is set for the first weekend of November. The ...