Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795]
The Supposition of Primitive Mountains refuted. In the theory now given, the earth has been represented as a composition of different materials, which had existed in another form, and as the effect of natural operations; therefore, however various may be found the structure of our earth, and however dissimilar some parts of its composition may be in comparison with others, no part should be considered as original, in relation to the globe…