Critical Examination of the First Principles of Geology

First published in 1819, this is G. B. Greenough's influential debunking of geological fallacies popular at the time.

Preface; 1. On stratification; 2. On the figure of the Earth; 3. On the inequalities which existed on the surface of the Earth previously to diluvian action, and on the causes of these inequalities; 4. On formations; 5. On the order of succession in rocks; 6. On the properties of rocks, as connected with their respective ages; 7. On the history of strata, as deduced from their fossil contents; 8. On mineral veins; Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 21st of February, 1834; Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 20th of February, 1835.