Charles Lyell Quote

It was not till the earlier part of the sixteenth century that geological phenomena began to attract the attention of the Christian nations. At that period a very animated controversy sprung up in Italy, concerning the true nature and origin of marine shells, and other organized fossils, found abundantly in the strata of the peninsula.

Chpt.3, p. 26 - Principles of geology (1832) Vol.1

It was not till the earlier part of the sixteenth century that geological phenomena began to attract the attention of the Christian nations. At that...

It was not till the earlier part of the sixteenth century that geological phenomena began to attract the attention of the Christian nations. At that...

It was not till the earlier part of the sixteenth century that geological phenomena began to attract the attention of the Christian nations. At that...

It was not till the earlier part of the sixteenth century that geological phenomena began to attract the attention of the Christian nations. At that...