The Diuturnal Theory Of The Earth: Or Nature's System of Constructing a Stratified Physical World
by Andrews, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Myra Andrews, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xxiv, 552 pp. Red cloth binding w/out dj. Some age rubbing to edges. Spine edges frayed and bumped, spine sunned. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. Frontis. Former owner stamps to endpapers. Illustrated with two annotated maps printed on glossy paper. "A plain interpretation of the Diuturnal rotation of the earth, by means of which all geological stratifications have been laid down and the cause of all changes of surface level made known". Some light discoloration to edges of pages not effecting text. Else, in good+ condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10630
- Title
- The Diuturnal Theory Of The Earth: Or Nature's System of Constructing a Stratified Physical World
- Author
- Andrews, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Myra Andrews
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Geology, Geology, 19th Century , stellar center, volcanic activity, comets, drift of Equatorial Regions, evolution, catastrophism, Diuturnal Revoilutions , uniformitarianism, etiology of Kant, Glacial periods, polar transitions
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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