Hugh Miller

Hugh Miller
Hugh Miller (1802–1856) was a Scottish geologist, writer, and folklorist known for his contributions to science and literature. He gained fame for his popular books on geology, including "The Old Red Sandstone" (1841) and "Footprints of the Creator" (1847), which helped make complex scientific concepts accessible to the public. Miller was also the editor of "The Witness", a Scottish Presbyterian newspaper, and was deeply involved in religious and social issues of his time. Tragically, he suffered from mental illness in his later years and died by suicide in 1856.

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CHAPTER I. Preparation—Departure—Recent and Ancient Monstrosities—A Free Church Yacht—Down the Clyde—Jura—Prof. Walker's Experiment—Whirlpool near Scarba—Geological Character of the Western Highlands—An Illustration—Different Ages of Outer and Inner Hebrides—Mt. Blanc and the Himalayas "mere upstarts"—Esdaile Quarries—Oban—A Section through Conglomerate and... more...

CHAPTER I."Ye gentlemen of England,Who live at home at ease,Oh, little do ye think uponThe dangers of the seas."—Old Song.Rather more than eighty years ago, a stout little boy, in his sixth or seventh year, was despatched from an old-fashioned farm-house in the upper part of the parish of Cromarty, to drown a litter of puppies in an adjacent pond. The commission seemed to be not in the least... more...

My Dear Sir, This volume is chiefly taken up in answering, to the best of its author's knowledge and ability, the various questions which the old theology of Scotland has been asking for the last few years of the newest of the sciences. Will you pardon me the liberty I take in dedicating it to you? In compliance with the peculiar demand of the time, that what a man knows of science or of art he... more...