Essai de Géologie, Volume 1 Ou, Mémoires Pour Servir a l'Histoire Naturelle du Globe

About this book

Language: French

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond (1741-1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history. Appointed a royal commissioner of mines in 1785, he also served as professor of geology at the natural history museum in Paris from 1793 until his death. His keen interest in rocks, minerals and fossils led to a number of important discoveries, among which was confirmation that basalt was a volcanic product. The present work appeared in three parts between 1803 and 1809.

The first volume of Essai de Géologie covers the fossils of plants and animals. Of related interest in the history of geology, Mineralogie des Volcans (1784) and the revised English edition of A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 (1907) are two other works by Faujas which are also reissued in this series.

Contents

Introduction

1. Des coquilles fossiles
2. Des coquilles fossiles avec leurs analogues
3. Des fistulanes, des tarets, et des siliquaires
4. Des poissons fossiles
5. Des cétacés fossiles
6. Des crocodiles fossiles
7. Des tortues fossiles
8. Des quadrupèdes fossiles
9. Des diverses espèces d'éléphants
10. Du mégalonix ou de l'animal inconnu du Paraguay
11. D'un animal inconnu de la famille des boeufs
12. Des hyppopotames
13. De quelques quadrupèdes sur lesquels les géologues n'ont pas encore des données suffisantes
14. Des végétaux fossiles
15. Des mines de charbon de terre

Table des matières
Ordre des planches
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