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

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Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795] WE seek to know that operation by means of which masses of loose materials, collected at the bottom of the sea, were raised above its surface, and transformed into solid land. 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…

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