Fossils of All Kinds: Digested into a Method, Suitable to their Mutual Relation

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To the naturalist John Woodward (c.1665–1728), fossils were 'much neglected', and he spent much of his life studying them. He was particularly interested in their classification, a topic he addresses in this illustrated work, published in 1728, which is still considered an important early contribution to natural history.

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To the naturalist John Woodward (c.1665–1728), fossils were 'much neglected, and left wholly to the Care and Treatment of Miners and meer Mechanicks'. He had built up a large personal collection of these samples of the Earth's petrified remains and spent much of his life developing a system for their classification, the results of which were published in this important illustrated work of 1728. A distinguished physician and a fellow of the Royal Society, Woodward wrote extensively on scientific topics, and had developed a theory that fossils were creatures destroyed in the flood described in the Bible. These ideas attracted critics and supporters in equal measure, but his contribution to techniques of fossil collection and classification were influential. In the present work, he devotes the early chapters to questions of description and classification, while the later sections contain some of his letters to his scientific contemporaries, including Isaac Newton.

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Preface; A methodical distribution of fossils into their proper classes; Letters relating to the method of fossils; Appendices.

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An illustrated examination of the methods used to collect and classify fossils by an eminent naturalist, first published in 1728.

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An illustrated examination of the methods used to collect and classify fossils by an eminent naturalist, first published in 1728.

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To the naturalist John Woodward (c.1665-1728), fossils were 'much neglected', and he spent much of his life studying them. He was particularly interested in their classification, a topic he addresses in this illustrated work, published in 1728, which is still considered an important early contribution to natural history.

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To the naturalist John Woodward (c.1665-1728), fossils were 'much neglected', and he spent much of his life studying them. He was particularly interested in their classification, a topic he addresses in this illustrated work, published in 1728, which is still considered an important early contribution to natural history.

Details ISBN1108068537 Author John Woodward Pages 224 Series Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science ISBN-10 1108068537 ISBN-13 9781108068536 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Digested into a Method, Suitable to their Mutual Relation and Affinity Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 560 Short Title FOSSILS OF ALL KINDS Language English Media Book Affiliation University of Puget Sound Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-03-20 Illustrations 7 Plates, black and white UK Release Date 2014-03-20 AU Release Date 2014-03-20 NZ Release Date 2014-03-20 Alternative 9781107110830 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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