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Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808-1866: American geologist
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Henry Darwin Rogers was one of the first professional geologists in the United States. He directed two of the earliest state geological surveys--New Jersey and Pennsylvania--in the mid-1830s. His major interest was Pennsylvania, with its Appalachian Mountains, which Rogers saw as great folds of sedimentary rock. He belived that an interpretation of these folds would lead to an understanding of the dynamic processes that had shaped the earth. From Rogers efforts to explain these Pennsylvania folds came the first uniquely American theory of mountain elevation, a theory that Rogers personally considered his most significant achievement.

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title	:	Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808-1866 : American Geologist History of American Science and Technology Series
author	:	Gerstner, Patsy.
publisher	:	University of Alabama Press
isbn10 \| asin	:	0817307354
print isbn13	:	9780817307356
ebook isbn13	:	9780585288390
language	:	English
subject	Rogers, Henry D.--(Henry Darwin),--1808-1866, Geologists--United States--Biography.
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	QE22.R64G47 1994eb
ddc	:	550/.92
subject	:	Rogers, Henry D.--(Henry Darwin),--1808-1866, Geologists--United States--Biography.

Page i

Henry Darwin Rogers, 18081866

Page ii

History of American Science and Technology Series
General Editor, LESTER D. STEPHENS

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Henry Darwin Rogers, 18081866

American Geologist

Patsy Gerstner

Page iv

Copyright 1994
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America

The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gerstner, Patsy, 1933
Henry Darwin Rogers, 18081866 : American geologist / Patsy
Gerstner.
p. cm.(History of American science and technology series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8173-0735-4 (alk. paper)
1. Rogers, Henry D. (Henry Darwin), 18081866. 2. Geologists
United StatesBiography. I. Title. II. Series.
QE22.R64G47 1995
550'.92dc20
[B] 94-4192

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available

Page v

For Jack and Patty Edmonson

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Contents

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Preface

1. To Have Some Certain and Definite Object in View, 18081829

2. Acquiring an Intimacy with Geology, 18291833

3. Promoting an Interesting Branch of Science, 18331835

4. Field Research of a Scientific Kind, 18351836

5. Questions of the Highest Importance, 18361837

6. Cautious and Laborious Research, 18381840

7. A Capricious Master, 18401842

8. A Theory So Much More Satisfactory, 18421843

105

9. Names Make General Propositions Possible, 18431844

119

10. A Mind and a Heart with Scope to Unfold, 18431845

129

11. Faithful Labours Cruelly Repaid, 18461848

139

12. A Spirit Oppressed, 18481851

154

13. In Pursuit of a Great Objective, 18451852

168

14. Few to Take an Interest in My Volumes, 18521855

187

15. To Leave a Land Sterile of Friendship, 18551857

197

16. The Facts Are Better than the Theory, 18571858

207

17. A Greatly Respected Man, 18591866

219

Abbreviations

233

Notes

235

Bibliography

289

Index

305

Page viii

Figures

1. Henry Darwin Rogers, about 1858

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2. Sequence of Geological Formations

3. The Geological Reconnaissance of Pennsylvania in 1836 and the Division of the State into Three Districts

4. An Unconformity

5. The Six Districts of the State of Pennsylvania

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