# Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology

Author: Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

Genre: Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33224

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Principles+of+Geology+or%2C+The+Modern+Changes+of+the+Earth+and+its+Inhabitants+Considered+Lyell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF GEOLOGY, WITH A SERIES OF ESSAYS TO SHOW THAT THE MONUMENTS OF THE ANCIENT STATE OF THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS, WHICH THIS SCIENCE INTERPRETS, CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY A PREVIOUS ACQUAINTANCE WITH TERRESTRIAL CHANGES NOW IN PROGRESS, BOTH IN THE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WORLDS.

## Chapters

- [book iii. "The Garden.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/82/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/79/index.md)
- [Book II.) The legend also of the ancient Peruvians of an inundation many](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/73/index.md)
- [part iii. p. 389.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/29/index.md)
- [BOOK III. (CHAPTERS XXXIII to L.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/18/index.md)
- [BOOK I. (CHAPTERS I. TO XIII.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/22/index.md)
- [BOOK II. (CHAPTERS XIV. to XXXII.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/principles-of-geology-or-the-modern-changes-of-the-earth-and-it-5b566818/chapters/27/index.md)