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Theory of the Earth: Chapter V. Concerning that which may be termed the Primary Part of the Present Earth

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Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795] Concerning that which may be termed the Primary Part of the Present Earth. In the present theory, it is maintained, that there is no part of the earth which has not had the same origin, so far as this consists in that earth being collected at the bottom of the sea, and afterwards produced, as land, along with masses of melted substances, by the operation of mineral causes. But, though all those things be similar, or equal, as to the manner…

Theory of the Earth: Chapter V. Concerning that which may be termed the Primary Part of the Present Earth

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