Project Gutenberg 2004-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 649 Hutton, James 1726 1797 Hutton, Jacobus Theory of the Earth, With Proofs and Illustrations, Volume 1 (of 4) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_Earth E-text prepared by Robert Shimmin, Renald Levesque, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Theory of the Earth, With Proofs and Illustrations, Volume 1 (of 4)" by James Hutton is a scientific publication written in the late 18th century. The text outlines Hutton's revolutionary ideas regarding geology, specifically focusing on the processes that shape the Earth, such as the composition, dissolution, and restoration of land, and the concept of geological time and cycles of decay and renewal. The beginning of the book presents an overview of Hutton's theories on the Earth as a dynamic system, emphasizing the intricate mechanisms by which land is formed and transformed. Hutton discusses the composition of the Earth, including solid land, water, and atmosphere, and introduces the importance of various natural operations, such as consolidation and erosion. He posits that understanding these processes requires comprehensive observation of the natural world as a mechanism of design rather than a product of chance. Hutton sets the stage for his investigations into the origins of geological formations, urging a departure from misguided theories of Earth's creation and asserting that the present state of the Earth has been shaped by a complex interplay of natural forces over vast expanses of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 40.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Geology -- Early works to 1800 QE Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 765944 2025-10-05T16:25:52.866390 text/html 739310 2024-10-28T19:55:34 text/html 898565 2025-10-05T16:26:03.262316 application/epub+zip 908865 2025-10-05T16:25:56.891372 application/epub+zip 327033 2025-10-05T16:25:55.198368 application/epub+zip 1398616 2025-10-05T16:26:07.974369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1367459 2025-10-05T16:26:01.985364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 645047 2022-09-06T22:52:15.528739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 731492 2025-10-05T16:25:51.927436 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 711492 2024-10-28T19:55:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16050 2025-10-05T16:26:08.105290 application/rdf+xml 24404 2025-10-05T16:25:55.705362 image/jpeg 4656 2025-10-05T16:25:55.451353 image/jpeg 892644 2025-10-05T16:25:52.933399 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia