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ABSTRACT THE hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Dr. James Hutton (1726–97), the celebrated geologist, which occurred on March 26, brings to mind a little-known phase in the
utilization of the products of coal distillation, the profits from which are said to have secured to Hutton the leisure necessary for his geological speculations. Access through your
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