Theory of the Earth, With Proofs and Illustrations

by James Hutton

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Genres: Science

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 10, 2007

About the author

James Hutton FRSE was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist. He originated the theory of uniformitarianism — a fundamental principle of geology — that explains the features of the Earth's crust by means of natural processes over geologic time. Hutton's work established geology as a science, and as a result he is referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology".

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good medicine for my brain. This Scottish geologist was an original thinker...remarkable for the time period. In defense of his Theory of Earth he describes opposing views somewhat comically, but there are more pages devoted to coal strata than I have read in one book heretofore.