Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthPlayfair, John
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Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth
Playfair, John
Geology; Hutton, James, 1726-1797. Theory of the earth
NOTE XVIII.--Transportation of Stones, &c.
p. 381
Gravel smaller and rounder the farther from its native place, §
343. Different sources of _caillou roulés_, § 344, 345. Stones
that have begun their migration before the cutting out of the
present valleys, § 346. Declivity necessary to enable stones
to travel from the top of Mont Blanc to the top of Mont Jura,
§ 347. Granite from Mont Blanc found eastward in the valley of
the Drance, § 348. Machinery employed by nature in transporting
rocks, § 349, 350. Instances of transported stones of great
size,--from the vicinity of Geneva, § 351, 352,--from the Isle
of Arran, 353. How gravity may contribute to the moving of large
stones, even when the declivity is small, § 354. Rocking-stones,
§ 355. Stone in Borrowdale,--in the valley of Urseren, § 356.
Large stones are sometimes the remains of veins, § 357. Of
the hypothesis of a _debacle_, § 358. Structure of valleys
unfavourable to this hypothesis, § 359, 360. Particularly of
valleys close at the ends, § 361, 362. Whether the supposition of
a _debacle_ is necessary to explain the moving of large masses
of rock, § 364. Whether the abrupt faces of hills indicate the
existence of any sudden torrent, &c. § 365. Fact concerning the
steep faces of the mountains in the south of Africa, § 366. A
fact stated that would lead necessarily to belief in a _debacle_;
no example of it has yet occurred, § 367.
NOTE XIX.--Transportation of Materials
by the Sea.
p. 413
Of the manner in which the _detritus_ of the land is spread out
over the bottom of the sea, § 369, 370. Seas rendered shallower,
§ 371. Sand banks, § 372. Great system of currents traced in the
Atlantic, § 373, 374. How far this transportation of materials
may affect the earth's diurnal motion, § 376, 377. Kirwan's
misapprehension of Frisi, and of Major Rennell, § 378, 379. His
mistake about the tides, § 380, 381,--and about the formation of
sand banks, § 384.
NOTE XX.--Inequalities of the
Planetary Motions.
p. 437
These inequalities all periodical, § 385. Circumstances on which
this depends, § 386. Affinity of this conclusion to that which Dr
Hutton has established with respect to the changes at the surface
of the earth, § 387.
NOTE XXI.--Changes in the Apparent
Level of the Sea.
p. 441
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