Autobiographical sketch of James Croll ... : with memoir of his life and work / J.C. Irons.

  • James Croll
Date:
1896
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Credit: Autobiographical sketch of James Croll ... : with memoir of his life and work / J.C. Irons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE Portrait ...... Faces Title Preface ....... 3 Prefatory Note ...... 5 Autobiographical Sketch ..... 9 I. Ancestry, Birth, Childhood, and School Days . . .42 II. Intellectual New Birth and Life-Education . . .56 III. Choice of a Trade ...... 63 IV. Abandonment of Trade and Return to Perth in 1850 . . 76 V. Literary Work ....... 83 VI. Early Scientific Work ...... 96 VII. Climate and Time—Correspondence with Sir A. Ramsay, Sir C. Lyell, and Sir J, F. W. Herschel .... 108 VIII. Eccentricity of Earth’s Orbit — Glacial Epochs — Geological Chronology — Mild Polar Climates — Arctic Interglacial Periods . . . . . . .129 IX. Personal History — Accident in 1865 — Correspondence with Professors Tyndall and Foster—Excursions with Mr. Bennie 146 X. Appointment on Geological Survey . . . .165 XI. Investigations in Surface Geology — Correspondence with Mr. Bennie — Method of Determining Sub-aerial Denuda- tion— Correspondence with Mr. Charles Darwin . . 175 XII. Papers on the Glacial Epoch and Glaciers — Correspondence with Mr. Darwin ...... 204 XIII. Papers on Ocean Currents—Gulf Stream Influence of Ocean Currents on Climate—Ocean Currents in Glacial Epochs— Theories of Cause of Ocean Currents . . . 224 XIV. Miscellaneous Papers ...... 236 XV. Personal History—Correspondence with Sir C. Lyell, Professor Foster, and Mr. A. R. Wallace .... 256 XVI. Personal History—Correspondence with Sir A. Ramsay, Pro- fessor G. C. Foster, and others, and degree of LL. D. conferred ....... 272.
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