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Firmly rooted in Borders earth
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JAMES Hutton, farmer, does not have quite the same ring to it as
James Hutton, father of geology. Yet the man who revolutionised
thinking about the earth's age by studying rock formations in the
Borders farmed Slighhouses in Berwickshire, introduced the Norfolk
plough to the county and worked on and off for most of his life on
Elements of Agriculture.
That effort, long and detailed, shot through with his own
experiences and theories, was unfinished. He did complete the
shorter, slightly more ambitious, Theory of the Earth, a book
intended to make people think rather than teach them how to ...
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HUTTON RISING WITH SINKER
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; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-18-1996 HUTTON RISING WITH SINKER By BOB KLAPISCH...accent? Actually, mate is what Mark Hutton will call you, too, the way Lenny Dykstra addresses everyone as "dude." Hutton knows that referring to Yankees as...
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E.F. HUTTON, SHEARSON IN POSSIBLE MERGER
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; PHOTO - JAMES HUTTON THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. GETTING TO KNOW...James Hutton James Hutton Age: 53. Place of birth: Muskegon, Mich. Hometown: Valparaiso...
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