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02353cam a2200397Ii 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocn967094836 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20180722225127.0 |
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170403s2017 nyuaf b 001 0ceng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
YDX |
| Modifying agency |
GDC |
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OCLCO |
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BIB |
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OCLCF |
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UAG |
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CZA |
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CPL |
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UOK |
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NFG |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1408879603 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781408879603 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1632869128 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781632869128 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)967094836 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
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e-uk--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
551.0922 |
| Item number |
M179 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Maddox, Brenda, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
323273 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Reading the rocks : |
| Remainder of title |
how Victorian geologists discovered the secret of life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Brenda Maddox. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First U.S. edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Bloomsburg Publishing, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 254 pages, [16] pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some color) ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This is a group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet also included clergymen, academics and women. The new science of geology was pursued by this assorted band because it opened a window on Earth's ancient past. They showed courage in facing the conflict between geology and Genesis as the rocks and fossils showed that the Earth was immeasurably old, rather than springing from a creation made in the six days that the Bible claimed. This book tells the individual stories of this group, their hope and fears, triumphs and disappointments, the theological, philosophical and scientific debates their findings provoked, and the way that as a group, they were to change our understanding of the world. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geology |
| Geographic subdivision |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
340972 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geology |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
340973 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geologists |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
340974 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geologists |
| Geographic subdivision |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
340975 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geologists |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
340976 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Science |
| Geographic subdivision |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
340977 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
