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Terrasque, tractusque maris, cœlumque profundum.
Uniformity of Change
Sir Charles
Lyell
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.
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The Progress of Geology
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