Classic Historical Works in Geology
This list does not cover the early discoveries and theories in the geosciences/natural history of the Greeks, Romans, and Arabs. There is a lack of published information in this area from Asia, India, and South America.
De Re Metallica by Call Number: Books Stacks (Floor 2) TN617 .A42Publication Date: 1950; translated by the Hoovers from the 1556 edition- The earliest geological treatise byCall Number: Mining History Archive QE709 .S812 1958Publication Date: 1667; reprinted 1958
The sacred theory of the earth: containing an account of the origin of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone... by Call Number: Mining History Archive BL224 .B82 1690Publication Date: 1690
Theory of the earth: With proofs and illustrations by Call Number: Books Stacks (Floor 2M) QE26 .H8 1959Publication Date: 1795, reprinted 1959- A monograph on the fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain byCall Number: Mining History Archive QE26.L96 1832Publication Date: 1832; revised 1854
- Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology byCall Number: Mining History Archive BL175 .B7 1833Publication Date: 1836
- Manual of mineralogy: Including observations on mines, rocks, reduction of ores, and the application of the science to the arts byCall Number: Mining History Archive QE372.D2 1849Publication Date: 1849
Principles of geology by Call Number: Books Stacks (Floor 2M) QE26 .L96 1854Publication Date: 1854
Siluria: A history of the oldest rocks in the British Isles and other countries by Call Number: Mining History Archive QE661.M96Publication Date: 1867- Geological sketches byCall Number: Mining History Archive QE35.A27 1871Publication Date: 1866Autographed by Professor Van Tuyl