Neptunism — Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749 1817), the founder of Neptunism Neptunism is a discredited and obsolete scientific theory of geology proposed by Abraham Gottlob Werner in the late 18th century that proposed rocks formed from the crystallisation of… … Wikipedia
Neptunism — noun A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earths oceans. See Also: Neptunist … Wiktionary
neptunism — nep·tun·ism … English syllables
neptunism — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˌnizəm noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary neptun (from Latin Neptunus) + ism : the theory of the neptunists … Useful english dictionary
Abraham Gottlob Werner — Infobox Scientist name = Abraham Gottlob Werner box width = image size =150px caption = Abraham Gottlob Werner birth date = September 25, 1749 birth place = Wehrau death date = June 30, 1817 death place = Dresden residence = citizenship =… … Wikipedia
Robert Jameson — Professor Robert Jameson (1774 1854) was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist, born in Leith, near Edinburgh, in July 1774. As Regius Professor at the University of Edinburgh for fifty years, Jameson is notable for his advanced scholarship in… … Wikipedia
George Julius Poulett Scrope — FRS (10 March 1797 ndash; 19 January 1876) was an English geologist and political economist as well as a magistrate for Stroud in Gloucestershire.He was the second son of J. Poulett Thompson of Waverley Abbey, Surrey. He was educated at Harrow,… … Wikipedia
Plutonism — Plutonic theory is the geologic theory proposed by James Hutton around the turn of the 19th century that volcanic activity was the source of rocks on the surface of the Earth. It was named for Pluto, the ancient Roman god of the underworld. This… … Wikipedia
James Hutton — Infobox Scientist name = James Hutton box width = image width = 150px caption = James Hutton, painted by Abner Lowe birth date = 14 June 1726 birth place = Edinburgh death date = 26 March 1797 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality … Wikipedia
Alexander von Humboldt — Infobox Scientist name = Alexander von Humboldt box width = image size =250px caption = Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843 birth date = September 14, 1769 birth place = Berlin death date = May 6, 1859 death place = residence … Wikipedia
