Article ID: CBB001250694

The Evolvement of Lyell's Principles of Geology and the Dixue Qianshi (2012)

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Nie, Fu-ing (Author)
Guo, Shi-rong (Author)


Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Volume: 41, no.3
Issue: 3
Pages: 307-313


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Combining the method of textual research with comparative analysis, this article discusses some issues about Lyell's Principles of Geology and other treatises deriving from Principles of Geology, analyzes the relationship of Lyell's different Geological treatises, and corrects some popular inaccurate statements. Moreover this article also researches the contents of Principles of Geology and Elements of Geology, analyzes their changes in different editions of Elements of Geology, and comes to the conclusion that both treatises above mentioned are all very important for understanding Lyell's Geology not only in aspect of the knowledge but in the method. The knowledge in Dixue Qianshi translated in Late Qing Dynasty is just a part of Lyell' Geology, but Lyell updated the Geological information of discovery continually so that it reflected the most advanced western knowledge of geology at that time.

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Authors & Contributors
Tian, Xiaoli
Yi, De-gang
Wilson, Leonard G.
Westermann, Andrea
Sponsel, Alistair William
Rudwick, Martin J.S.
Concepts
Geology
Earth sciences
Transmission of ideas
East Asia, civilization and culture
Translations
Mathematics
Time Periods
19th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
18th century
20th century
17th century
Places
China
Atlantic Ocean
Catalonia (Spain)
Scotland
Switzerland
Italy
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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