A Comparative View of the Huttonian and Neptunian Systems of Geology In Answer to the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, by Professor Playfair
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Statement of the Huttonian and Neptunian Theories
- Part II Of the Probability of the First Principles of these Theories
- Part III Of the Arguments in support of these Theories from the Positions of the great Masses of the Globe
- Part IV Of the Arguments in support of these Theories from the Appearances and Properties of Individual Fossils
Part II - Of the Probability of the First Principles of these Theories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Statement of the Huttonian and Neptunian Theories
- Part II Of the Probability of the First Principles of these Theories
- Part III Of the Arguments in support of these Theories from the Positions of the great Masses of the Globe
- Part IV Of the Arguments in support of these Theories from the Appearances and Properties of Individual Fossils
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- Chapter
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- A Comparative View of the Huttonian and Neptunian Systems of GeologyIn Answer to the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, by Professor Playfair, pp. 16 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1802