im doing a research project on scientists and would like to know more about james hutton
2006-08-27 08:59:31 · 2 answers · asked by C♥ 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Try posting in the geology section. But I beleive it was in 1788.
2006-08-27 12:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An abstract of Hutton's Theory was first read at meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 7 March 1785 and 4 April 1785. It was then published in Volume I of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1788.
Following criticism, espeically Richard Kirwan's, who thought him atheist and not logical, among other things, Hutton published a two volume version of his theory in 1795 (Theory of the Earth, Vol. 1, Theory of the Earth, Vol. 2), consisting of the 1788 version of his theory (with slight additions) along with a lot of material drawn from shorter papers Hutton already had to hand on various subjects, like as the origin of granite. It also included a review of alternative theories, such as those of Thomas Burnet and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. A third volume was never completed
2006-09-03 12:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋