Editing James Hutton (section)

==Acceptance of geological theories==
It has been claimed that the prose of ''Principles of Knowledge'' was so obscure that it also impeded the acceptance of Hutton's geological theories.<ref>{{cite book | author = Geikie, Archibald  | title = The Founders of Geology | year = 1897 | page = [https://archive.org/details/foundersgeology02geikgoog/page/n188 166] | publisher = Macmillan and Company| location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/foundersgeology02geikgoog| quote = james hutton geology.  }}</ref>  Restatements of his geological ideas (though not his thoughts on evolution) by [[John Playfair]] in 1802 and then [[Charles Lyell]] in the 1830s popularised the concept of an infinitely repeating cycle, though Lyell tended to dismiss Hutton's views as giving too much credence to catastrophic changes.
[[File:Kay's etching of James Hutton.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Kay (caricaturist)|John Kay's]] caricature of James Hutton studying the [[w:Facies|"faces"]] of rock (1787)]]<!-- The hammer is braced by crossed arms. Hutton is contemplating 'old familiar faces', not hammering on them.-->