The action of the winds in determining the form of the earth 1


The action of the winds in determining the form of the earth 1

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ABSTRACT IN view of the most recent discoveries in the region of physics, especially with regard to the nature and properties of forces, it became necessary _eo ipso_ for dynamical geology


to give up as unsatisfactory the division of geological forces into “igneous” and “aqueous,” and to substitute a division of them into “primary” and “secondary”; of which the former explain


all the motions which we observe on and in the earth, according to their origin and nature; while the others—one might call them “agencies” to distinguish them from the first—would teach us


what and how great changes in the figure of the earth's surface are produced by the bodies so moved, through reciprocal action on each other. Sensible of this inevitable reform in


dynamic geology, the author of an essay entitled “The Action pf the Winds on the Configuration of the Earth,” sought to call attention to the gaps hitherto existing in physical geography,


and especially to show what a mighty and yet hitherto very little observed agent the wind is, considered as one of these secondary geological forces. In the following paper the author offers


to the readers of NATURE a _résumé_ of his memoir. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS


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Determining the Form of the Earth_ _1_ . _Nature_ 15, 239–240 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015239a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 11 January 1877 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/015239a0


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