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- abstract1.htm author "Hutton, J.".
- abstract1.htm date "1785".
- abstract1.htm isCitedBy Uniformitarianism.
- abstract1.htm quote "As it is not in human record, but in natural history, that we are to look for the means of ascertaining what has already been, it is here proposed to examine the appearances of the earth, in order to be informed of operations which have been transacted in time past. It is thus that, from principles of natural philosophy, we may arrive at some knowledge of order and system in the economy of this globe, and may form a rational opinion with regard to the course of nature, or to events which are in time to happen.".
- abstract1.htm ref "harv".
- abstract1.htm title "Abstract, The System of the Earth, Its Duration and Stability".
- abstract1.htm url abstract1.htm.