Harvard Classics, Vol. 38, Part 8

Scientific Papers

Sir Charles Lyell

Two of Lyell’s influential essays on geology. His essay Uniformity of Change discredited the theory of catastrophism, which held that at certain points in history all life is destroyed, with new lifeforms taking their place.

Bibliographic Record

Contents

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note

1. The Progress of Geology
2. Uniformity of Change