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Theory of the Earth was a publication by James Hutton which laid the foundations for geology. In it he showed that the Earth is the product of natural forces. What could be seen happening today, over long periods of time, could produce what we see in the rocks.
His Theory of the Earth, published as an essay in 1788, was expanded to a two-volume work in 1795. John Playfair, a professor of natural philosophy, defended Hutton against the counterattacks of the Neptunists, and his Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory (1802) is the clearest contemporary…
Resumen. español. Se hace un breve análisis de la “Theory of the Earth” (1788) de James Hutton, resaltando su importancia como trabajo fundacional en la historia de la geología. El trabajo de Hutton proporcionó un nuevo marco para futuras investigaciones, donde el calor interno de la Tierra era el principal agente causal del cambio geológico.
14 de may. de 2024 · A theory of the earth so simple in outline, so bold in conception, so full of suggestion, and resting on so broad a base of. observation and reflection, ought, we might think, to have commanded...
The basic theme of Hutton’s theory is that the continents are repeatedly being wasted away (eroded), and simultaneously renewed by the operation of earth processes which are as evident now as they were in the past ie the erosion of rocks and soil and the transport of the eroded sediment to the sea; the uplift and subsidence of continents and ...
RESUMEN. Este documento analiza los rasgos epistemológicos más notables de la obra de James Hutton (1785), autor considerado por la mayoría de la comunidad geológica como uno de los padres de la geología moderna.
The earth, according to Hutton, is an organic whole, and "We are thus led to see a circulation of the matter in this globe, and a system of beautiful economy in the works of nature. This earth, like a body of an animal, is wasted at the same time that it is re- paired.
