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100 1 _aMurray, John,
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA Comparative View of the Huttonian and Neptunian Systems of Geology :
_bIn Answer to the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, by Professor Playfair /
_cJohn Murray.
246 3 _aA Comparative View of the Huttonian & Neptunian Systems of Geology
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1802.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (270 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Earth Science
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aJohn Murray (1778-1820) was a public lecturer and writer on chemistry and geology. After attending the University of Edinburgh he became a popular public lecturer on chemistry and pharmacy. He was also a prolific writer of chemistry textbooks which were widely used in British universities. This popular volume, first published anonymously in 1802, contains Murray's critical response to John Playfair's volume Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, also published in 1802 and re-issued in this series. In this volume Murray clearly describes both the competing Huttonian and Neptunian (also known as Wernerian) theories of rock formation. Using much of the same geological evidence as Playfair, Murray also objectively analyses the theories' claims through rock and fossil formations and concludes in support of the Wernerian theory. This valuable volume explores one of the major geological controversies of the period and illustrates the main contemporary criticisms of Hutton's work.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108072328
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pEarth Science.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973093
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_d515094