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James Hutton Quotes

1726–1797 Scotland

James Hutton (3 June 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist. He originated the theory of uniformitarianism—a fundamental principle of geology—that explains the features of the Earth's crust by means of natural processes over geologic time.

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Also known as: Hutton, James

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We find no vestige of a beginning - no prospect of an end.

Theory of the Earth (1795)

The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Hutton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.