Hutton (James) Observations on Granite, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol.3, pp. 77-85, Edinburgh, for T.Cadell, et al., 1794; and vol.2 of Transactions of the Royal Society of Ed

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Hutton (James) "Observations on Granite", in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol.3, pp. 77-85; with Of the Flexibility of the Brazilian Stone, (pp.86-94); with Black (Joseph) "An Analysis of the Waters of some Hot Springs in Iceland", (pp.95-126); with Munro (Alexander) "Description of a Human Male Monster", (pp.215-230); with "Experiments relating to Animal Electricity", (pp.231-239); with Blair (Robert) "Experiments and Observations on the Unequal Refrangibility of Light", (pp.3-76), 24 engraved plates, some folding, lightly offset, half-title, engraved title vignette, library ink-stamps to endpaper, title, and text f., occasional scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, splitting to spine but holding, covers detached, wear to extremities, Edinburgh, for T.Cadell, et al., 1794; and complete Volume 2 of Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, which includes James Hutton's "Answers to the Objections of M. de Luc, with Regard to the Theory of Rain", 1790, 4to (2) *** Major contributions from key scientists from the Enlightenment period. Hutton's 'Observations on Granite" is a decisive step in the establishment of the Earth sciences with his demonstration of the igneous and intrusive origin of granite, confirming his plutonist theory. Provenance: William Wright (1735-1819, prominent Scottish physician, botanist, and collector, founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London), armorial bookplate to vol.3.

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