Neptunists

The followers of Werner came to be known as Neptunists; the Huttonians as Plutonists.

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

The reviewer, Gavin de Beer, states that Guettard's recognition of the volcanic nature of rocks in the center of France was important "because it clipped the wings of the 'Neptunists' who attributed everything in the Earth's crust to the effects of Noah's Flood."

Vulcanists & Neptunists Schneer, Cecil J. 1966

It is true that all "Neptunists" (and I used quotation marks on purpose to show that the word was taken in a wider context) did not subscribe to the diluvialist view but it is also true that Guettard was the man primarily responsible for the break-through that clipped the wings of those who did, and of those who did not, like Warner, Saussure, and Jameson, but held that igneous rocks were precipitated out of aqueous media.

Vulcanists & Neptunists Schneer, Cecil J. 1966

Neptune's ravished secrets vindicate the Neptunists, while Pluto is relegated to the abode assigned him by classic myths, where he and his comrade, Vulcan, keep their furnaces alight and project their slag and smoke through many a roaring chimney.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

On the basis of his observations he advanced a theory concerning the interior of the earth which was accepted by Leibniz and, after him, by an entire school of geologists, the Neptunists.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Neptunists, who attributed the phenomena of the earth to the action of water.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

But be that as it may, the theory that subterranean heat has been instrumental in determining the condition of "primary" rocks, and in producing many other phenomena of the earth's crust, has never been in dispute since the long controversy between the Neptunists and the Plutonists led to its establishment.

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

The Neptunists stoutly contended for the aqueous origin of volcanic as of other mountains.

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

Lamarck must have taken much interest in the famous controversy between the Vulcanists and Neptunists.

Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work 1872

During the earliest days of geological study, mainstream scientific geology was divided into three camps: Plutonists, Neptunists and Catastrophists.

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