Earth Mysteries

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

Summary only - full text stays on its own separately-gated source. Read the full text at the source »

Theory of the Earth, by James Hutton, [1788 and 1795] The same Subject continued, with examples from different Countries. Our theory, it must be remembered, has for principle, that all the alpine as well as horizontal strata had their origin at the bottom of the sea, from the deposits of sand, gravel, calcareous and other bodies, the materials of the land which was then going into ruin; it must also be observed, that all those strata of various materials, although originally uniform in their…

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

Related pages View as graph →