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The History of Georgia, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)
The History of Georgia from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Classic Reprint Author:T. S. Arthur The Geological Society of London was founded on November 13, 1807, about the middle of 'The Heroic Age of Geology,' a period taken by Zittel to extend from 1790 to 1820.1 The time was appropriate for the binding together in Britain of those naturalists who were interested in the study and progress of the comparatively new science of Geology. Thi... more »s expressive word, indeed, had only been introduced in 1778 by J. A. De Luc, who some years later remarked : ' Of all the sciences the most extensive and the most complex is that which was termed geology, before it was entitled to the name.'2 Nevertheless, many matters relating to a knowledge of the Earth had attracted attention from the earliest times, and observations
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I Introductory; Academies and learned societies-Early geological researches; CHAPTER II; Origin, Foundation, and Early History of the Geological Society; The Askesian Society-The British Mineralogical Society - The Geological Society, its founders and their aims-Patron-Regulations, committees, and resolutions-Early papers and presentations-Nomenclature-Apartments in Temple-Proposal to consolidate the Geological with the Royal Society-Maps-Museum and Library-Apartments in Lincoln's Inn Fields- Trustees-The first Council; CHAPTER III; The Old Masters The Publication of ' Transactions '; The old masters-W d Conybeare and the Oxford geologists-' Transactions ' of the Geological Society- Sale of specimens-Thomas Webster-Apartments in Bedford Street, Covent Garden-Council, 1817-The teaching of geology-Science as a profession ; CHAPTER IV; Geological Maps New Series of 'Transactions '; PACK; William Smith's and Greenough s geological maps-Buck* land and sedgwick-museum-new series of ' transactions '-Geological Society Club 56; CHAPTER V; The Charter Somerset House The ' Proceedings '; The Charter-The first President of the Incorporated Society-The new President and Council, 1826-Apart« less