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Theory of the Earth: Chapter II. An Examination of Mr KIR...

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Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795] An Examination of Mr KIRWAN'S Objections to the Igneous Origin of Stony Substances. A theory which is founded on a new principle, a theory which has to make its way in the public mind by overturning the opinions commonly received by philosophising men, and one which has nothing to recommend it but the truth of its principles, and the view of wisdom or design to which it leads, neither of which may perhaps be perceived by the generality of…

Theory of the Earth: Chapter II. An Examination of Mr KIR...

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