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© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. The Republic of Letters 7
  6. 2. Certainty and Probability 41
  7. 3. Natural and Civil History 83
  8. 4. Fossil Questions 105
  9. 5. Diluvialism, For and Against 136
  10. 6. Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients 173
  11. 7. Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses 200
  12. 8. Buffon and the Rejection of History 235
  13. Abbreviations 263
  14. Bibliography 265
  15. Index 302
When Geologists Were Historians, 1665–1750
This chapter is in the book When Geologists Were Historians, 1665–1750
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729614-011

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. The Republic of Letters 7
  6. 2. Certainty and Probability 41
  7. 3. Natural and Civil History 83
  8. 4. Fossil Questions 105
  9. 5. Diluvialism, For and Against 136
  10. 6. Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Ingredients 173
  11. 7. Alternatives to Diluvialism: Some Syntheses 200
  12. 8. Buffon and the Rejection of History 235
  13. Abbreviations 263
  14. Bibliography 265
  15. Index 302
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