2 edition of Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. found in the catalog.
Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth.
John Playfair
Published
1956
by University of Illinois Press in [Urbana
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Reproduction of the copy in the Spindletop Engineering Library of the Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Tex., with an introd. by George W. White.
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QE26 .P64 1802a |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xix p., reprint: xx, 528 p. |
| Number of Pages | 528 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6197442M |
| LC Control Number | 56005685 |
Geology, Paleontology & Theories of the Earth; Add or remove collections Home Geology, Paleontology & Theories of the Earth Front cover. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. Front cover. Previous: 1 of Next: View Description. Page Flip View: Download: small (x max) medium (x max) Large. Hutton did not publish his Theory of the Earth in book form until Unfortunately the book was so badly written that few succeeded in reading it. In , five years after Hutton’s death, John Playfair tried to explain the theory in his Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. However Hutton’s theory did not become widely.
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[John Playfair].He is best known for his book Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth (), which summarised the work of James Hutton.
It was through this book that Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism, later taken up by Charles Lyell, first reached a wide mater: University of St Andrews.
