Principles of Geology: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Principles of Geology, credited to Charles Lyell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell, first published in 3 volumes in 1830–1833. Lyell used geology throughout as a basis to strengthen his argument for Uniformitarianism. He used geological proof to determine that the Earth was older than 6,000 years, as had been previously contested. The book shows that the processes that are occurring in the present are the same processes that occurred in the past.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Principles of Geology
• Author credits: Charles Lyell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 107
• Listed recording duration: 46:01:10

Catalogue topics

• geology
• natural science

Opening tracks: first 24 of 107

1. 000 - Preface to the Ninth Edition — 4:24
2. 001 - Chapter I — 8:38
3. 002 - Chapter II, part 1 — 23:07
4. 003 - Chapter II, part 2 — 22:46
5. 004 - Chapter III, part 1 — 16:07
6. 005 - Chapter III, part 2 — 21:17
7. 006 - Chapter III, part 3 — 26:56
8. 007 - Chapter III, part 4 — 23:34
9. 008 - Chapter III, part 5 — 18:35
10. 009 - Chapter IV, part 1 — 32:57
11. 010 - Chapter IV, part 2 — 26:58
12. 011 - Chapter V, part 1 — 25:22
13. 012 - Chapter V, part 2 — 21:34
14. 013 - Chapter VI, part 1 — 34:19
15. 014 - Chapter VI, part 2 — 30:02
16. 015 - Chapter VII, part 1 — 32:01
17. 016 - Chapter VII, part 2 — 35:39
18. 017 - Chapter VIII, part 1 — 28:45
19. 018 - Chapter VIII, part 2 — 29:36
20. 019 - Chapter IX, part 1 — 25:56
21. 020 - Chapter IX, part 2 — 27:15
22. 021 - Chapter IX, part 3 — 30:34
23. 022 - Chapter X — 26:53
24. 023 - Chapter XI, part 1 — 25:30

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