The geologist James Hutton was born in Edinburgh 300 years ago tomorrow. Two slices of Scottish geology I (an ecologist) have enjoyed studying. The Moine Thrust Mylonites at Faraid Head, Balnakeil Bay and lichens on a basalt dyke in Lewisian gneiss, Raasay.

#geology #JamesHutton #DeepTime #Scotland

"Plans to upgrade important #Scottish #geological #viewpoint unveiled.

The #Edinburgh Geological Society has applied for permission to upgrade a path to #Siccar Point in the Scottish Borders and rename it to mark the 300th anniversary of James #Hutton's birth."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25646056.plans-upgrade-important-scottish-geological-viewpoint-unveiled/

#JamesHutton #SiccarPoint #Geology #EdinburghGeologicalSociety

This week's #NewBooks at the library: I bought a second-hand copy of #JamesHutton: The Genius of Time from Birlinn Publishing and adopted a damaged copy of The Great Auk from Bloomsbury Sigma that I hope to review soon. Also very pleased to have found a second-hand copy of Peter Wellnhofer's classic The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of #Pterosaurs which was recommended by @markwitton for its section on the history of research (when Witton recommends, I listen).

#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Geology #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Ornithology #Palaeontology #Paleontology @bookstodon

Find ich, #MoloMasterOfTheOccult ja goil, wenn mir die Dinge gemäß meiner Interessen und Projekte zufliegen. Zum Beispiel dieser neue Vortrag beim Gersham Collage, in dem Historiker #JamesHutton einen guten Abriss der Geschichte der Magie im Westen bietet.

https://youtu.be/OjCqu2KPKg4?si=ucewTVSEixHMrbR4

BTW Krassheit: Kannte Hutton bisher null. Macht reizvollen ersten Eindruck; gibt aber nix auf Deutsch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hutton

Shin sibh, a charaidean! An turas seo, bha mi aig Gàrradh Cuimhneachan Hutton, ann an Seann-bhaile Dhùn Èideann.

#Gàidhlig #Gaelic #DùnÈideann #Edinburgh #JamesHutton

From random capitalizations & unmistakable passive-aggressive tone, I'd have imagined this to be written by #Trump

But it is in fact a 1778 letter from #BenjaminFranklin to #JamesHutton calling #Britain "the worst and wickedest Nation upon Earth"

While excoriating Hutton for his "superior Skill in huckstering #Negotiation," 😂 Franklin exhorts him to show his "Generosity" & just "throw in those Countries"
of #Canada, #NovaScotia, & the #Florida(s) as "Indemnification" 😂

https://franklinpapers.org/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=25&page=562a

One of the wonderful things about living in #Edinburgh is passing a street and finding a sudden view of Arthur's Seat and the Salisbury Crags. I do enjoy having a huge, extinct volcano in the middle of our city.

The fact this area is also important in James Hutton's work that firms the bedrock (pun intended) of modern geology also pleases my science geek brain.

#architecture #Edimbourg #Scotland #Ecosse #ArthursSeat #SalisburyCrags #geology #photography #landscape #JamesHutton