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and Christianity, 37 38 192
and Eusebius, 28 and Lyell, Charles, 191 193, 196,
Constantinople, 26(n1) 197 198
Cope, Jonathan, 73 74, 76, 77, 78 Origin of Species, 196, 197 198,
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 2 3, 5, 7, 61 200, 206
De Revolutionibus Oribium and Sedgwick, Adam, 191
Coelestium, 3 Darwin, Erasmus, 129, 189
Corriearrick, 74 David, King, 48
Cosmogonies, 97 101 Davie, James, 91 92, 93
Council of Nicaea, 26 28, 40 Davie/Hutton Sal Ammoniac chemical
Crag and tail, 47 works, 92, 123 124, 125
Crichton-Browne, Sir James, 124 De crostacei (Moro), 97
Critical Review, 160 Deism, 5, 62 63
Crochallan Fencilbles, 140 De Luc, Jean André, 167, 170, 171
Crop rotation, 111 and earth, theory of, 165, 174
Cullen, William, 119, 128, 132, 143, Deluge, 18
145, 147, 153 and Lyell s Principles of Geology,
Culloden Moor, battle of, 80 81, 86 199
Cumberland, Duke of, 81 82, 118 See also Noah s Flood; Universal
Curie, Marie, 202 Ocean theory
238 I N D E X
De Revolutionibus Oribium and Cuvier, Georges, 174 175,
Coelestium (Copernicus), 3 176, 181, 185
De sanguine et circulatione in and De Luc, Jean André, 165, 174
microcosmo (The Blood and the and Hutton, James, 4 5, 6 8,
Circulation of the Microcosm) 10 11, 14 15, 17 18,
(James Hutton), 90 91 114 116, 209 211
Descartes, René, 61, 95 and key books, c. 1752, 95 101
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief and Werner, Abraham Gottlob,
World Systems (Galileo), 3 147 150, 153, 181, 185. See
Diderdot, Denis, 121 also Universal ocean theory
Dinner parties, and intellectual See also Biblical chronology;
exchange, 139 Earth, age of
Discourse of Earthquakes (Hooke), 96 Earth processes, 95 96, 101
Dissertation Concerning a Sold Body Earthquakes, 96
Enclosed By the Process of Edict of Milan, 27
Nature Within a Solid (Steno), Edinburgh, 9
95 96 building structures in, 51 52
Drainage ditches, 110 geologic history of, 45 47
Drummond, George, 74 75, 85 86, and Jacobites, purging of, 117 118
86 87, 117 118, 119 120 landmarks in, 46 50
Duke of Solm s ironworks, 147 and New Town, 119 120
Dunglass Burn beach, 19, 23 plumbing system in, 52 54
Duns, 106 107 social structure in, 52
Duns Castle, 107 tenements in, 52
Dybold, John, 93 weather in, 50 51
Edinburgh High School, 58 59
Earth, age of, 1 11 Edinburgh (R. Stevenson), 50 51
calculation of, 199 204 Edwin, King (of Northumbria), 48
and Christian church, 13 14 Elements of Geognosy (Jameson), 173
and Lyell, Charles, 6 7 Elijah, 5 6, 36, 41
See also Biblical chronology; The Encyclopedia Britannica (ed.
Earth, theory of Smellie), 128, 167, 176 177
Earth, as center of universe, 2 3 England
Earth: Portrait of a Planet (Marshak), march on, and Jacobite Uprising of
209 1745, 78 92, 85
Earth, theory of and Scotland, union with, 56 57,
and Buckland, William, 181, 65
185 England, southwest, 135 136
and Buffon, G. L. de, 148 English Anglican Church, 14
I NDEX 239
Erosion, dynamics of, 8, 19, 64, 65, Flodden Wall, 49 50, 51
110, 113 114, 115 116, 134, Forth and Clyde Canal, construction
210. See also Huttonian theory of, 122 123
Erratics, 176 Forth and Clyde Canal committee, 123
An Essay on Naval Tactics (Clerk), 128 Forth and Clyde Navigation Company,
Essay on the History of Civil Society 122 123
(Ferguson), 128 The 45. See Jacobite Uprising of 1745
Essay on the Natural History of the France
Earth (James Hutton), and Stuart, Charles Edward,
113 114 69 70, 78 79
Essay on the Principle of Population Franklin, Benjamin, 121, 129
(Mathus), 195 196 Franks, 38, 39
Essay Toward a Natural History of the Freiburg School of Mines, 147 148
Earth (Woodward), 98 French Enlightenment, 90
Euclidian geometry, 16 French Revolution, 89, 174, 205
Eusebius, 27 28, 39
biblical chronology of, 28 31, 41 Galapagos Islands, 193 194
Chronology, 29 30, 30 31, 33, Galileo, 3, 5, 7, 61, 95, 205
37 38 Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief
and Julius s Chronologia, 37 World Systems, 3
Evolution, theory of, 5, 7, 11 Galloway, 157 158
insight for, 191 193 Geological Society, 174, 180, 182,
See also Darwin, Charles 191
Experimental geology, 172 Geology, 6 8
Experiments on Magnesia Alba, George II, 72, 81
Quicklime, and other Alcaline Gerling, E., 203
Substances (Black), 132 Glaciers, 176
Eyemouth, 106 Glasgow, 80, 122, 123
Glasgow University, 59
Father of Modern Geology, 209 Glenfinnan, 71
Ferguson, Adam, 128, 132, 143, 154 Glen Tilt, 156 157, 164, 184,
Essay on the History of Civil 212 213
Society, 128 Gododdins, 48
Fiore, Joachim Gould, John, 194
biblical chronology of, 40 Gould, Stephen Jay, 7 8, 114
Firth of Clyde, 122 Grampian Mountains, 156
Firth of Forth, 122 Granite, 155 158. See also
Fixed air, 131 Subterranean heat, existence of
Flodden Field, battle of, 49 Great Glen Fault, 113
240 I N D E X
Greyfriar s Cemetery, 163 Hume, David, 9, 63, 88, 120 122,
Gutenberg, Johannes, 30 129, 130, 132, 136, 139, 206
Gutted Haddie, 64 The History of England, 121
A Treatise of Human Nature,
Hall, James, 11, 94, 129, 160, 164, 120 121
167 168, 175 176, 178 179, Hume, Joseph, 88 89
185, 206 207 Hutton, Isabella, 163
and Huttonian theory, defense of, Hutton, James
170 173 in Arran, 158
and North Sea coast, 16 23 at Arthur s Seat, 64, 125 126
On the Revolutions of the Earth s birth of, 43, 45
Surface, 176 Concerning the System of the
Hall, John, 93, 94 Earth, Its Duration, and
Halley, Edmund, 97 Stability, 151
Hardy, Thomas, 104 daily habits, 126 127
Harrying of the glens, 81 82 death of, 160 161, 163
Heat and pressure, insights into, 132, De sanguine et circulatione in
133 134, 134(n1). See also microcosmo (The Blood and the
Subterranean heat, existence of Circulation of the Microcosm),
Hebrew Bible, 30 31 90 91
Highlander clans early life, 54 64
and Jacobite Uprising of 1745, and earth, age of, calculation of,
67 82 199 200
Highlands, 112 113 and earth, theory of, 4 5, 6 8,
Highland Scotland, 68 10 11, 14 15, 17 18,
Histoire Naturelle (Buffon), 99 100, 114 116, 209 211. See also
148 Huttonian theory
The History of England (Hume), 121 and earth, theory of, book on, 161
History of Scotland (Robertson), 128 and earth, theory of, critics of,
HMS Beagle, 6 154 155, 164 167, 173
Holmes, Arthur and earth, theory of, paper on, 159
and earth, age of, calculation of, and earth, theory of, paper on,
203, 204 review of, 159 161
Holyrood Abbey, 48 49 and earth, theory of, presentation
Hooke, Robert, 96 of, 145 146, 150 154
Discourse of Earthquakes, 96 at Edinburgh High School, 58 59
Hooker, Joseph, 197 Essay on the Natural History of
Hope, Thomas, 190 the Earth, 113 114
Houtermans, F., 203 estate of, 163 164
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and family farm. See Slighhouses and Playfair, John, defense of,
family holdings, 108. See also 167 170, 173
Slighhouses vs. Wernerian theory, 17 18,
and farming, 93 94, 103 116 166 167, 173, 183. See also
in Galloway, 157 158 Wernerian theory
in Glen Tilt, 156 157 See also Hutton, James, and earth,
and Highlands, tour of, 112 113 theory of
and illegitimate son, 88 89, 91,
124, 164 Ice Age, 8, 176
and law apprenticeship, 64 Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory
in London, 91 of the Earth (Playfair),
and medical school, 64, 65 168 170, 173, 185, 206
at Norfolk, 93 94 Impact thesis, 210
and North Sea coast, 13 24 Imperial College, 203
personality of, 9 10 Industrial Revolution, 9
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