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An Account of the Basalts of Saxony: With Observations on the Origin of Basalt in General: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

Autor Jean François d'Aubuisson de Voisins Patrick Neill
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 sep 2013
Jean-François Daubuisson (1769–1841), geologist and engineer, was an Officer of the Légion d'Honneur, Knight of St Louis and Chief Engineer at the Royal Mining Corps. He published numerous papers on geology, mining and hydraulics, and is best known for his textbooks, Traité de géognosie and Traité d'hydraulique. He studied geology and mineralogy in Freiburg with Abraham Werner, the key proponent of Neptunism, the theory that all rocks had an aqueous origin. Later in his career Daubuisson was to side with the Plutonists, who argued that basalts formed from molten rock. However, in this paper, published in French in 1803, he describes his observations of the basalts of Saxony and argues that they, and all basalts, are sedimentary. This English translation by the Secretary of the Wernerian Natural History Society was published in 1814, and provides a fascinating insight into this discredited but once influential theory of the Earth.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108048422
ISBN-10: 1108048420
Pagini: 316
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface by the translator; Introduction; 1. Preliminary definitions; 2. Of the basalts of Saxony; 3. Inferences respecting the formation of the basalts of Saxony; 4. Proofs that the basaltic rocks of Saxony are not of volcanic origin; Observations on the origin of basalt in general; 5. Inferences respecting basalt in general; Account of the properties of basalt; Notes.

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This 1803 paper by a student of Abraham Werner provides a fascinating example of the arguments of nineteenth-century Neptunists.