The word ‘geology’
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Science
- Vol. 36 (1) , 35-43
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00033797900200111
Abstract
Although the history of the word ‘geology’ has often been referred to by those interested in the development of the science, that history has never been fully traced. An endeavor is made to do so here, taking the story at least as far as 1813, by which time the basic word had unquestionably been established in its modern form and meaning. Various claims as to who first gave the science its present name are also briefly examined.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Scriptural Geologists: An Episode in the History of OpinionOsiris, 1954
- GeologyThe National Magazine, 1830