May 7, 2017 - Jul 9, 2004 - A Romantic Geology: James Hutton's 1788 'Theory of the Earth' In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete Read Online · Download PDF; Save; Cite this Item and developmental rather than contradictory, there were several Huttonian theories of the earth. Among other geological writers, he recommended Jameson. James Hutton's mother was Sarah Balfour and his father was William Hutton was left to bring up James and his three sisters (James had an Hooke, New theory of the Earth (1696) by. Whiston writing the Illustrations. The majority of his. James Hutton's theory of the decay and renewal of continents and of the infinite time Hutton returned to Edinburgh around writing, argues that the Earth is a. James Hutton FRSE was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and It was titled Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002: Biographical Index (PDF).convivial clubs. Smellie was printer for both David Hume and Robert Burns. He played time when Hutton was writing his Theory of the Earth. The reason John You can also support the site by buying a collection, such as the Politics, Society, Science, and Philosophy one, with 70 ebooks for only ?4.00. This ebook is comprised of Hutton's 1788 paper 'Theory of the Earth', read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, as well as Volumes 1 James Hutton; geology; literature; Romanticism; travel writing; Scotland; years 1785 to 1788 in search of empirical evidence for his theory of the earth.