Sujet
James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 1787 (1877). Artist: Unknown
Légende
James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 1787 (1877). Hutton (1726-1797) working at a rock face with a geological hammer. In 1794 he published his Theory of the Earth, in which he put forward the uniformitarian theory of geology, asserting that the Earth was much older than generally accepted at the time. After an etching by John Kay.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1877
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B64_237
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,9Mo) / 29,9cm x 41,9cm / 3529 x 4950 (300dpi)