Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations
by HUTTON, James
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- Hardcover
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PMM 247; Horblit 52a, Norman 1131 - EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION of this classic work on geology. "His fundamental conception - now accepted as a matter of course, but then entirely new - was the doctrine of uniformatarianism. The formation of the surface of the earth is one continuous process which can be studied entirely from terrestrial materials without cosmological or supernatural intervention...Hutton had no clear idea of the significance of fossils for the theory of gradual evolution and not all his theories are now accepted, but his central ideas of uniformatarianism and of the effect of small changes in nature leading eventually to gigantic transformations have had far-reaching consequences in their influence on Charles Lyell and Darwin." PMM.
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- Milestones of Science Books (DE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations
- Author
- HUTTON, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- printed for Cadell and Davies, London, and William Creech / Geological Society
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh / London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- Geology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mineralogy and Geology; Horblit - 100 Books famous in Science; PMM - Printing and the Mind of Man;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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