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James Hutton (1726-1797), was truly a man of the Earth. Founder of modern geology and farmer in the Scottish Borders, he was a hero of the Scottish Enlightenment. His dramatic claim that the Earth is aeons old was based on painstaking observation that its surface is being continually recycled and regenerated, and that this process is being powered by heat deep within it.
James Hutton was born in Edinburgh in 1726. He went on to study medicine and chemistry at Edinburgh University, and in Paris and Leiden. He took his degree in 1749. In 1750 he returned to Edinburgh and resumed chemical experiments with friend James Davie. Their work on the production of sal ammoniac – a salt used for dying and working with ...
Assim James Hutton concluiu que "O presente é a chave do passado". Segundo Hutton, as leis da natureza são constantes. Assim o estudo dos processos geológicos atuais permite interpretar a evolução geológica, encaixando os registros geológicos impressos nas rochas e em suas estruturas como em um quebra-cabeças.
18 de jul. de 2019 · James Hutton (June 3, 1726–March 26, 1797) was a Scottish doctor and geologist who had ideas about the formation of the Earth that became known as Uniformitarianism. Although not an accredited geologist, he spent much time hypothesizing that the Earth's processes and formation had been going on for eons and were continuing to the present.
James Hutton (Edimburgo, 3 de junio de 1726 [nb 1] -Ibid., 26 de marzo de 1797) [9] fue un geólogo, médico, naturalista, químico y granjero experimental escocés, [4] primer formulador de las ideas que conducirían a la corriente científica llamada uniformista y del plutonismo, en las que incluyó sus teorías de la geología y del tiempo geológico y su escala, [10] [11] también llamado ...
30 de mai. de 2024 · Scottish Enlightenment. James Hutton (born June 3, 1726, Edinburgh, Scotland—died March 26, 1797, Edinburgh) was a Scottish geologist, chemist, naturalist, and originator of one of the fundamental principles of geology— uniformitarianism, which explains the features of the Earth’s crust by means of natural processes over geologic time.
Portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn, courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. James Hutton (1726–1797), a Scottish farmer and naturalist, is known as the founder of modern geology. He was a great observer of the world around him. More importantly, he made carefully reasoned geological arguments.
