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Theory of the Earth: Theory of the Earth [1788]: Part II....

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Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795] THERE are just two ways in which porous or spongy bodies can be consolidated, and by which substances may be formed into masses of a natural shape and regular structure; the one of these is simple congelation from a fluid state, by means of cold; the other is accretion; and this includes a separatory operation, as well as that by which the solid body is to be produced. But, in whichever of these ways solidity is to be procured, it must be…

Theory of the Earth: Theory of the Earth [1788]: Part II....

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