Huttonian

John Playfair (1748–1819), friend and disciple of James Hutton (1726–97), produced Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, bringing a clear exposition of uniformitarianism to a wide audience and establishing this philosophy as the basis of modern geology.

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Werner's idea that rock strata had been formed by crystallization or deposition from a universal ocean, and had accepted the Huttonian idea that the strata had been laid down beneath the sea and had subse - quently been elevated.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas LEONARD G. WILSON 1968

Geological evidence, which could not be interpreted in terms of the Huttonian theory, was also accumulat - ing.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas LEONARD G. WILSON 1968

The Wernerian-Huttonian controversy at Edinburgh did have the effect of convincing geologists of the dangers of theoretical controversy.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas LEONARD G. WILSON 1968

It consists of 15 conversations of a family circle, comprising a familiar explanation of the Huttonian and Wernerian systems; the Mosaic geology, as explained by Penn; and the late discoveries of Buckland, Humboldt, Macculloch, and others.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 Various

The Huttonian and Wernerian systems and the Mosaic Geology, are here familiarly explained, and illustrative phenomena and recent discoveries glanced at in the progress of the conversations.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 Various

The Huttonian proposition that time is long had been abundantly established, and by about the close of the first third of the last century geologists had begun to speak of "ages" and "untold æons of time" with a familiarity which their predecessors had reserved for days and decades.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904

So gradually the Huttonian explanation of the origin of granites and other "igneous" rocks, whether massed or in veins, came to be accepted.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904

But the correct interpretation of the observed facts could only be made after the Huttonian view as to the origin of strata had gained complete acceptance.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904

As a young man he had become imbued with the force of the Huttonian proposition, that present causes are one with those that produced the past changes of the globe, and he carried that idea to what he conceived to be its logical conclusion.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904