{"product_id":"traite-de-geognosie-ou-expose-des-connaissances-actuelles-sur-la-constitution-physique-et-minerale-du-globe-terrestre-paperback-9781108029704","title":"Traité de Géognosie; Ou, Exposé des Connaissances Actuelles sur la Constitution Physique et Minérale du Globe Terrestre (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTraité de Géognosie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOu, Exposé des Connaissances Actuelles sur la Constitution Physique et Minérale du Globe Terrestre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis influential French geology treatise of 1819 challenged accepted views on the origins of the earth's rocks and minerals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean Francois Aubuisson de Voisins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029704, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e574 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJean François Aubuisson de Voisins (1769–1841) was a French geologist and engineer who studied under Abraham Gottlob Werner at Freiberg together with Humboldt, von Buch and Jameson. Werner had coined the term geognosy to define a science based on the recognition of the order, position and relation of the layers forming the earth. His theory of the marine origins of the Earth's crust (Neptunism) was widely accepted at the time. Aubuisson however showed that igneous rocks such as basalt were similar to surface lava flows, and were not chemical precipitates of the ocean. His two-volume Traité de Géognosie, published in 1819, was one of the earliest geology books in French. It was highly successful, and gained him wide professional recognition. Volume 1 examines the earth, its size, atmosphere and oceans. Aubuisson describes the various processes that affect the surface of the earth, and how mineral deposits are laid down.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDiscours Préliminaire\u003cbr\u003e Table alphabétique des matières et des auteurs cités\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Partie I. Considérations Générales sur le Globe Terrestre et sur les Masses Minérales qui le Composent: 1. De la figure et de la masse du globe terrestre\u003cbr\u003e 2. Des fluides qui entourent la masse solide du globe\u003cbr\u003e 3. Des inégalités à la surface du globe\u003cbr\u003e 4. Des agents qui exercent une action sur la surface du globe, et des dégradations ou changements produits par cette action\u003cbr\u003e 5. De la structure et de la superposition des masses minérales\u003cbr\u003e 6. Des changements survenus progressivement dans la formation des masses minérales\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Earth sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Earth sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Earth%20sciences%20%5BRB%5D%22\"\u003eRB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266020364568,"sku":"9781108029704","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029704i.jpg?v=1694873572","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/traite-de-geognosie-ou-expose-des-connaissances-actuelles-sur-la-constitution-physique-et-minerale-du-globe-terrestre-paperback-9781108029704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}