QQC

"It was while puzzling over these matters that Hutton had a series of exceptional insights. From looking at his own farmland, He could see that soil was created by the erosion of rocks and that particles of this soil were continually washed away and carried off by streams and rives and repositioned elsewhere."

I found this quote to be interesting because it gives us insight on how erosion works. I have many questions as to why our coves are cut. I know that erosion caused the cove to split directly in half. It must of eroded billions of years ago. Or it could be because the junk of land became moist from the rain and then gradually fell apart. Some of the land must have slipped into the ocean and evaporated.

QQC chapter 4

"He invented the weather map and the actuarial table, proposed methods for working out the age of the Earth and its distance from the Sun..."

Without the weather map, we wouldn't have a news forcast. We would never have an understanding of the weather and climate. It seems like Haley is a person with a brilliant mind who contributed his ideas to society. Its people like him who move society forward. He used methods to find out the age of the Earth when no one else even cared. He also found out the the distance from the Sun. Where would we be if it wasn't for him. These essential things are important and should be taught to every generation.