The earth and man: lectures on comparative physical geography, in its relation to the history of mankind / By Arnold Guyot. Translated from the French, by C. C. Felton.

  • Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884.
Date:
1849
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Credit: The earth and man: lectures on comparative physical geography, in its relation to the history of mankind / By Arnold Guyot. Translated from the French, by C. C. Felton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Conclusions—Necessity of considering the physiology of the conti- nental forms—Point of view which should be taken—Law of the development of life 55 LECTURE IY. Recapitulation—Is the Law of Development applicable to the whole globe, considered as an individual?—Origin of the Earth accord- ing to the hypothesis of Laplace and Herschell—Gradual formation of the continents—Europe at the Silurian epoch—North America at the Carboniferous epoch—Character of inferiority of the organized beings which correspond to these ancient formations—Europe at the Tertiary epoch—Greater diversity and perfection of the organized beings—Distinction of the three epochs ; the insular, the martime, and the continental—The formula of development the same for the entire globe and for the organized beings—Consequences—The law of differences and the law of contrasts—The three grand terrestrial contrasts 79 LECTURE Y. The North-east or Continential hemisphere, and the South-west or Oceanic hemisphere—Land and Water—Dfferences in the forms of their surfaces—Continental climate and Sea climate—Their dif- ferent influences upon the vegetation and organized beings—The oceanic the inferior element; the terrestrial element the superior —Blending of the two natures—Transportation of the waters of the ocean into the continents—The atmosphere the mediator between them 97 LECTURE YI. The study of the distribution of the rains supposes that of the winds—Difference of temperature the principal cause of the winds— Theory of the general winds—The winds of the tropical regions—