The Collaborative International Dictionary
Huttonian \Hut*to"ni*an\, a.
Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the
earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton.
--Lyell.
Usage examples of "huttonian".
And there were several, who, like the founder of the Huttonian theory, selected this city for their residence solely from the consideration in which science and letters were here held, and the facilities, or rather the temptations, presented for their prosecution.
Some of my geologist acquaintances might care to hear your defense of Huttonian theory.
Sir Darius Corlett has aligned the geology of the Isle of Man with Huttonian theory.
In 1839, when Roderick Murchison published The Silurian System, a plump and ponderous study of a type of rock called greywacke, it was an instant bestseller, racing through four editions, even though it cost eight guineas a copy and was, in true Huttonian style, unreadable.