Terra Forming
Courtesy of Bouphonia, be sure to check out this site at the Linda Hall Library on “Vulcan’s Forge and Fingal’s Cave,” an exhibit of rare publications and prints on the evolution of our understanding of vulcanism and the basalt of the Earth:
In 1650, when our exhibition begins, there was no such concept as “geological time”. Historical geology had yet to be established as a discipline, and those who wondered aloud about the age of the earth did their wondering under the rubric of “chronology.” Chronology was a sub-discipline of history, and chronologists worked with classical, Babylonian, and Egyptian calendars, and with Scripture. They did not yet work with rocks.
This is really neat stuff. Check it out.
