Essay on the Theory of the Earth, 1813

Name: Essay on the Theory of the Earth, 1813
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Based at the Parisian Museum of Natural History, Cuvier was able to compare the fossil bones he dug from the quarries of Montmartre with those of animals alive today. > \nBased at the Parisian Museum of Natural History, Cuvier was able to compare the fossil bones he dug from the quarries of Montmartre with those of animals alive today. Guided by the principle of correlation, that all the parts of an animal must cohere, and by analogy, with living species, Cuvier boldly reconstructed extinct creatures from the incomplete skeletons he unearthed. This process is described in his Essay on the Theory of the Earth. > 1. Preliminary Observations, 2. Plan of this Essay, 3. Of the first Appearance of the Earth. 4. First Proofs of Revolutions on the Surface of the Earth, 5. Proofs that such Revolutions have been numerous, 6. Proofs that the Revolutions have been sudden, 7. Proofs of the Occurrence of Revolutions before the Existence of Living Beings, 8. Examination of the Causes which acs