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The First Spanish Translation of Lyell's Elements of Geology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

J. Ordaz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Petrología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.

Extract

The Geological discoveries made during the early nineteenth century resulted in a series of general, predominantly didactic studies, the chief purpose of which was the compilation of large amounts of data. Many of these books were quickly translated from one language into another, and the work of Sir Charles Lyell was, naturally enough, no exception.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1976

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