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Theory of the earth, with proofs and illustrations : in four parts
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- Creator
- by James Hutton, M.D. & F.R.S.E
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- English
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- Edinburgh : William Creech ; London : Cadell, Junior, and Davies, 1795-1899
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- 3 volumes, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22-24 cm
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- ocm11005889
- Vol. 1: viii, 620 p., [4] leaves of plates (fold.) ; vol. 2: viii, 567 p. ; vol. 3: xvi, 278, xiii p.
- Vols. 1 & 2 were issued by Hutton in 1795 and were parts 1 & 2 of the four promised on the title-pages of those volumes. Part [i.e. vol.] 3 was not published by the author, but remained in Ms. till the 1899 edition.
- Vol. 3 edited by Sir Archibald Geikie and published in London, by the Geological Society, Burlington House, in 1899. It comprises the unpublished manuscript of chapters IV-IX of v. 3 as planned by the author...and found after his death.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also available online and on microform.