Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:book
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Charles_Lyell
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| gptkbp:countryOfPublication |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:fullTitle |
gptkb:Principles_of_Geology:_Being_an_Attempt_to_Explain_the_Former_Changes_of_the_Earth's_Surface,_by_Reference_to_Causes_Now_in_Operation
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| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:science
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology
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| gptkbp:impact |
established uniformitarianism as a central geological principle
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
popularizing the idea that the Earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation today
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| gptkbp:numberOfVolumes |
3
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:James_Hutton's_Theory_of_the_Earth
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| gptkbp:publicationYear |
1830
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| gptkbp:publisher |
gptkb:John_Murray
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| gptkbp:subject |
geology
uniformitarianism |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Charles_Lyell
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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