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Theory of the Earth: Theory of the Earth [1795], Vol. II ...

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Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795] By the present theory, the earth on which we dwell is represented as having been formed originally in horizontal strata at the bottom of the ocean; hence it should appear, that the land, in having been raised from the sea, and thus placed upon a higher level, had been of a different shape and condition from that in which we find it at the present time. This is a proposition now to be considered. In whatever order and disposition the hard and…