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Harvard Classics, Vol. 38, Part 8 Scientific Papers Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875) Two of Lyell’s influential essays on geology. His essay Uniformity of Change discredited the theory of catastrophism, which held that at certain points in history all life is destroyed, with new lifeforms taking their place CONTENTS Introductory Note 1 I. The Progress Of Geology 1 II. Uniformity Of Change 8