- Hutton , James . 1788 . Theory of the earth; or an investigation of the laws observable in the composition, dissolution, and restoration of land upon the globe . Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , 1 : 209 – 304 . reprinted in James Hutton's system of the earth, 1785; Theory of the earth, 1788; Observations on granite, 1794; together with Playfair's biography of Hutton (facsimiles of the original editions) (intro. by Victor A. Eyles, foreword by George W. White: 1970, Darien, Conn.; Hafner). See also James Hutton, Theory of the earth, with proofs and illustrations (2 vols., 1795, Edinburgh: reprinted in facsimile, 1960, Weinheim).
- Particularly by Stephen Leslie History of English thought in the eighteenth century London 1876 and Basil Willey, The eighteenth century background (1941, London).
- Hutton correspondence, packet J, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; printed here with their kind permission. All spellings are verbatim. The ‘Memorial’ is mentioned in the article on Hutton in the Dictionary of scientific biography New York 1972 6 577 589 Scribners The article is by V. A. Eyles, who assisted my research.
- Playfair , John . 1802 . Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth Edinburgh reprinted in facsimile, intro. by George W. White: 1956, Urbana), 125–127; see also pp. 477–478. These passages, especially the first, are distinetly akin to Hutton's preface and may somehow have been influenced by it. With customary tact, Playfair relegates this sensitive discussion to the end of his presentation, whereas Hutton had been wont to emblazon his at the beginning.
- Brydone , Patrick . 1773 . A tour through Sicily and Malta London Letter VII. In a later article I shall discuss this controversy in detail. For Robertson, see the article in the Dictionary of national biography.
- I discuss the religious opposition to Hutton's theory in James Hutton and his public, 1785–1802 Annals of science 1973 30 89 105
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