Article ID: CBB000101444

H.-B. de Saussure: James Hutton's Obsession (2000)

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Description Discusses the 1795 bilinqual edition of Hutton's (1726-1797) Theory of the Earth that provides a comparison of Neptunistic and Plutonistic theories.


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Authors & Contributors
Carozzi, Albert V.
Gregory F.W. Todd
Sigrist, René
Sengör, A. M. Celâl
Repcheck, Jack
Pearson, P. N.
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Publishers
Geological Society of America
Wilhelm Fink Verlag
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Presses Universitaires de France
Perseus
Georg Editeur
Concepts
Geology
Historical geology; theory of the earth
Earth sciences
Catastrophism
Meteorology
Biographies
People
Hutton, James
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de
Werner, Abraham Gottlob
Jameson, Robert
Smith, Adam
Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Early modern
Enlightenment
20th century, early
Places
Switzerland
France
Scotland
United States
Sweden
Geneva (Switzerland)
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