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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] A View of the Economy of Nature, and necessity of Wasting the Surface of the Earth, in serving the purposes of this World. There is not perhaps one circumstance, in the constitution of this terraqueous globe, more necessary to the present theory, than to see clearly that the solid land must be destroyed, in undergoing the operations which are natural to the surface of the earth, and in serving the purposes which are necessary in the system…

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

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