Heroes of scienceFOOTNOTESReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.INTRODUCTION.HEROES OF SCIENCE.Chapter I · THE INFANCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.Chapter II · THE RISE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.Chapter III · THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS.Chapter IV · THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS (Continued).Chapter V · THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.Chapter VI · HEROES OF ZOOLOGY.Chapter VII · THE LIVES OF BUFFON, PENNANT, AND LAMARCK.Chapter VIII · THE LIFE OF CUVIER.Chapter IX · HEROES OF GEOLOGY.Chapter X · THE LIFE OF HUTTON.Chapter XI · THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SMITH.Chapter XII · THE LIFE OF MURCHISON.Chapter XIII · THE LIFE OF LYELL.FOOTNOTESPUBLICATIONS OF THE Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.Previous chapter ←Chapter XIII · THE LIFE OF LYELL.Next chapter →PUBLICATIONS OF THE Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.All chapters and sections (19)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.INTRODUCTION.HEROES OF SCIENCE.Chapters12345678910111213Other sectionsFOOTNOTESPUBLICATIONS OF THE Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.◇← CHAPTER XIII. THE LIFE OF LYELL.PUBLICATIONS OF THE Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. →