Author: Howorth, Henry Hoyle, Sir [1842-1923]
Title: A Criticism of Dr. Croll's Theory of Alternate Glacial and Warm Periods in Each Hemisphere, and of Interglacial Climates..,.
Description: [Manchester], Literary & Philosophical Soc, [1889-1890]. Later boards.. 21x13cm, [129] pp. Recent binder's blind boards. Caption titles.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ This is a single volume containing two papers by Howorth extracted from " Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society", ca. 1889-1890. Each is caption titled. Includes: 1) "A Criticism of Dr. Croll's Theory of Alternate Glacial and Warm Periods in Each Hemisphere, and of Interglacial Climates" [1889, pagination runs 65-112]; BOUND TOGTHER WITH: 2) "The History and Present Position of the Theory of Glacier Motion" [1890; pagination runs 69- 151] ["Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth KCIE FRS...was a British Conservative politician, barrister and amateur historian and geologist....In 1892 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire in recognition of his works on the history and ethnography of Asia. In 1893 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, against considerable opposition as he lacked any formal scientific education....iIn his geological books he attacked the theories of Charles Lyell, discounting the existence of Ice Ages in favour of great floods...." - wikipedia].

Keywords: Historical Climatology, Glaciology, Geology, Climate History, Catastrophism, , , ,