Theory of the Earth (Theory of the Earth)
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James Hutton, the father of geology, was born on June 3rd, 1726. After a life spent in active scientific research and prolonged reflection he was persuaded, whennearly sixty years of age, to prepare a concise account of the theoretical views that he had adopted regarding the geological operations of the globe. This essay wasread before the Royal Society of Edinburgh in the spring of 1785, and appeared three years later in the first volume of the Transactions of the Society entitled Theory of the Earth. In the late summer of 1785 Hutton undertook a journey into the Highlands of Scotland to test his view on the origin of granite. He had been urged to expand hisessay and so in 1795, he gave to the world his Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations, in two volumes. He was the first to show that the Earthchanges slowly and uniformly by the same processes that are occurring today. Hutton's ideas became known as the Uniformitarian Principle, and served as analternative to catastrophism. It is thought that the manuscript for Volume III was nearly ready at the time when the first two volumes were published. Hutton died in 1797, two years after the appearance of these volumes. The manuscript passed into the hands of Hutton's friend, commentator and biographer, Playfair. The Geological Society published the Volume III in 1899. Archibald Geikie edited the manuscript and he added his own notes which appeared in square brackets. Geikie also included an index in Volume III which covers all three volumes. To celebrate the bicentennary of the death of James Hutton in 1997 the Geological Society is republishing in facsimile form Theory of the Earth Volume III. This is your chance to buy a copy of this exceedingly rare volume.
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WE have found, that there is not in this globe (as a planet revolving in the solar system) any power or motion adapted to the purpose now in view; nor, were there such a power, could a mass of simply collected materials have continued any considerable time to resist the waves and currents natural to the sea, but must have been quickly carried away, and again deposited at the bottom of the ocean.
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Theory of the Earth (Theory of the Earth),James Hutton,Geological Society Publishing House,1897799780,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Geology,Science,Science/Mathematics,Geology & the lithosphere
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