Earth Sciences & Agriculture

The earth sciences and the cultivation of the land — Lyell’s Principles of Geology, Cuvier on extinction, Darwin’s South American geology, Powell down the Grand Canyon, Marsh’s founding conservation classic, Humboldt, Mawson in Antarctica, and the great agricultural authorities from Cato to King. Each book a clean, beautifully formatted EPUB, free to download.

• Manures and the Principles of Manuring Charles Morton Aikman
• Wealth of the World’s Waste Places and Oceania Jewett C. Gilson
• The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard
• A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison
• Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee
• Health on the Farm H. F. Harris
• El Mar Jules Michelet
• Chapters in Rural Progress Kenyon L. Butterfield
• The English Husbandman Gervase Markham
• The Cauliflower A. A. Crozier
• The Cultivation of the Native Grape George Husmann
• Village Improvements and Farm Villages George E. Waring
• Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan
• Views of Nature Alexander von Humboldt
• The Home of the Blizzard Sir Douglas Mawson
• Principles of Geology Sir Charles Lyell
• Rollo’s Philosophy: Air Jacob Abbott
• Roman Farm Management Marcus Terentius Varro and Marcus Porcius Cato
• Fruits of Queensland Albert H. Benson
• Man and Nature George P. Marsh
• Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie Thomas Tusser
• The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom P. L. Simmonds
• The Apple-Tree L. H. Bailey
• Political and Commercial Geology Unknown
• Agricola: Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World William Emerton Heitland
• Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians Gilbert Livingstone Wilson and Waheenee
• The Andes and the Amazon James Orton
• The Subterranean World G. Hartwig
• Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell
• The Student’s Elements of Geology Sir Charles Lyell
• Earth Features and Their Meaning William Herbert Hobbs
• Farmers of Forty Centuries F. H. King
• Ukraine: The Land and Its People Stepan Rudnytskyi
• Nuestra Pampa W. Jaime Molins
• The Book of the Ocean Ernest Ingersoll
• The Polar World G. Hartwig
• The World Before the Deluge Louis Figuier
• A Manual of Elementary Geology Sir Charles Lyell
• Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters George Frederick Herbert Smith
• The Music of the Spheres Florence Armstrong Grondal
• Horse-Hoeing Husbandry Jethro Tull
• Essay on the Theory of the Earth baron Georges Cuvier
• A Text-Book of Astronomy George C. Comstock
• Physical Geography Mary Somerville
• Madam How and Lady Why Charles Kingsley
• A Brief History of Forestry B. E. Fernow
• Mars and Its Canals Percival Lowell
• Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals Frederic Brewster Loomis
• Soils Eugene W. Hilgard
• Fragments of Earth Lore James Geikie
• Tomato Culture W. W. Tracy
• Half-Hours with the Telescope Richard A. Proctor
• Volcanoes John W. Judd
• Rural Wealth and Welfare Geo. T. Fairchild
• North America Israel C. Russell
• Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere Charles Fitzhugh Talman
• The Antiquity of Man Sir Charles Lyell
• Thunder and Lightning Camille Flammarion
• Astronomy of To-day Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
• Getting Gold J. C. F. Johnson
• Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth John William Dawson
• The Testimony of the Rocks Hugh Miller
• Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Robert Jennings
• Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements John Milne
• The Autobiography of Arthur Young Arthur Young
• The Strange Adventures of a Pebble Hallam Hawksworth
• A Catechism of Familiar Things Anonymous
• Volcanic Islands Charles Darwin
• Geological Observations on South America Charles Darwin
• My Experiments with Volcanoes Thomas A. Jaggar
• The Story of the Earth and Man J. W. Dawson
• Outlines of the Earth’s History Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
• The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes Edwin J. Houston
• The Book of Alfalfa F. D. Coburn
• Coal and the Coal Mines Homer Greene
• Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains G. K. Gilbert
• The Hurricane Hunters Ivan Ray Tannehill
• The New Air World Willis L. Moore
• The Fat of the Land John Williams Streeter
• The Philosophy of the Weather T. B. Butler
• The Story of a Boulder Archibald Geikie
• The Netherworld of Mendip Ernest A. Baker and H. E. Balch
• Submerged Forests Clement Reid
• Geology and Revelation Gerald Molloy
• George Washington: Farmer Paul Leland Haworth
• James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist Marion I. Newbigin
• Charles Lyell and Modern Geology T. G. Bonney
• Dry-Farming John A. Widtsoe
• Town Geology Charles Kingsley
• Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus William Bevan
• Underground Treasures James Orton
• Volcanoes: Past and Present Edward Hull
• Etna G. F. Rodwell
• Space Nomads Lincoln LaPaz and Jean LaPaz
• The Evolution of Climate C. E. P. Brooks
• Fossils Harvey C. Markman
• Wonders of Creation: Volcanoes Anonymous
• Rocks and Their Origins Grenville A. J. Cole
• The Romance of Modern Geology Edwin Sharpe Grew
• The Forms of Water John Tyndall
• The Evolution of the Oil Industry Victor Ross
• Familiar Talks on Science: Earth, Air and Water Elisha Gray
• Sounding the Ocean of Air A. Lawrence Rotch
• Symmes’s Theory of Concentric Spheres James McBride
• Meteorology; or, Weather Explained J. G. M’Pherson
• The Course of Creation John Anderson
• Wonders of the Yellowstone James Richardson
• The Garden Yard Bolton Hall
• The Young Farmer Thomas Forsyth Hunt
• A Living from the Land William B. Duryee
• The Earth’s Beginning Robert Stawell Ball
• Cloud Studies Arthur William Clayden
• Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth John Playfair
• Modern Geography Marion I. Newbigin
• Farm Gardening Anonymous
• The Life of a Fossil Hunter Charles H. Sternberg