Charles Lyell
published his
"Principles of Geology" (1 янв 1830 г. – 1 янв 1833 г.)
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- Lyell used the theory of Uniformitarianism to describe how the Earth's surface was changing over time
- this theory was in direct contrast to the geological theory of Catastrophism
- Lyell used geological proof to determine that the Earth was older than 6,000 years, as had been previously contested
- read by Tennyson in 1836 and 1837
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