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    Whose Work Was the Basis for the Principle of Uniformitarianism
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Whose Work Was the Basis for the Principle of Uniformitarianism

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Question 4

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Whose work was the basis for the principle of uniformitarianism and the unavoidable necessity of a great age for Earth?


A) Charles Lyell
B) William Smith
C) James Hutton
D) Lord Kelvin
E) John Joly

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