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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

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A controversial Victorian science classic on cosmic history, life, development, geology, and pre-Darwinian evolution.

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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation popularized evolutionary speculation before Darwin, linking astronomy, geology, biology, and human origins. This English edition is useful for readers of science history, Victorian debate, and public scientific culture.

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Robert Chambers died in 1871, and Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was first published in 1844. These dates support the public-domain basis for this English original edition.

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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

Robert Chambers

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02VESTIGES
  3. 03THE NATURAL HISTORY
  4. 04CREATION.
  5. 05JOHN CHURCHILL, PRINCES STREET, SOHO.
  6. 06M DCCC XLIV.
  7. 07CONSTITUENT MATERIALS OF THE EARTH
  8. 08AND OF THE OTHER BODIES OF SPACE.
  9. 09THE EARTH FORMED—ERA OF THE
  10. 10PRIMARY ROCKS.
  11. 11COMMENCEMENT OF ORGANIC LIFE—
  12. 12SEA PLANTS, CORALS, ETC.
  13. 13ERA OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE—
  14. 14FISHES ABUNDANT.
  15. 15SECONDARY ROCKS.
  16. 16ERA OF THE CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION.
  17. 17LAND FORMED.
  18. 18COMMENCEMENT OF LAND PLANTS.
  19. 19ERA OF THE NEW RED SANDSTONE.
  20. 20TERRESTRIAL ZOOLOGY COMMENCES
  21. 21WITH REPTILES.
  22. 22FIRST TRACES OF BIRDS.
  23. 23ERA OF THE OOLITE.
  24. 24COMMENCEMENT OF MAMMALIA.
  25. 25ERA OF THE CRETACEOUS FORMATION.
  26. 26ERA OF THE TERTIARY FORMATION.—
  27. 27MAMMALIA ABUNDANT.
  28. 28EOCENE SUB-PERIOD.
  29. 29MIOCENE SUB-PERIOD.
  30. 30PLIOCENE SUB-PERIOD.
  31. 31ERA OF THE SUPERFICIAL FORMATIONS.
  32. 32COMMENCEMENT OF PRESENT SPECIES.
  33. 33GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
  34. 34RESPECTING
  35. 35THE ORIGIN OF THE ANIMATED TRIBES.
  36. 36PARTICULAR CONSIDERATIONS
  37. 37RESPECTING
  38. 38THE ORIGIN OF THE ANIMATED TRIBES.
  39. 39HYPOTHESIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT
  40. 40OF THE
  41. 41VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS.
  42. 42MACLEAY SYSTEM OF ANIMATED NATURE.
  43. 43THIS SYSTEM CONSIDERED IN CONNEXION WITH THE
  44. 44PROGRESS OF ORGANIC CREATION, AND AS INDICATING
  45. 45THE NATURAL STATUS OF MAN.
  46. 46EARLY HISTORY OF MANKIND.
  47. 47BISCAYAN. EGYPTIAN.
  48. 48MENTAL CONSTITUTION OF ANIMALS.
  49. 49PURPOSE AND GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ANIMATED CREATION.
  50. 50NOTE CONCLUSORY.

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