James Hutton akanyora chii pashure pa1785? Tichifunga nezvemubvunzo wapfuura, nyora mashoko akapoteredza mhinduro yacho. Inogona kuva mitsara 1 - 20. Mashoko akapoteredza:
James Hutton anowanzonzi ndiye nyanzvi yokutanga yoruzivo rwezvinhu zvakasikwa yemazuva ano. Muna 1785 akapa pepa rainzi Theory of the Earth kuRoyal Society of Edinburgh. Mubhuku rake, akatsanangura pfungwa yake yokuti Nyika inofanira kuva yakwegura zvikuru kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa kare kuitira kuti pave nenguva yakakwana yokuti makomo aome uye kuti matombo aumbwe pamatombo matsva ari pasi pegungwa, ayo akazosimudzwa kuti ave nyika yakaoma. Hutton akabudisa mavhoriyamu maviri emifungo yake muna 1795 (Vol. 1, Vol. 2).