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SIR JAMES HALL (1761-1832)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 847 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JAMES See also:HALL (1761-1832)  , Scottish geologist and physicist, eldest son of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Hall, See also:Bart., was See also:born at Dun-See also:glass on the 17th of See also:January 1761; and became distinguished as the first to establish experimental See also:research as an aid to See also:geological investigation . He was intimately acquainted with See also:James See also:Hutton and John See also:Playfair, and having studied rocks in various parts of See also:Europe he was eventually led to accept and to demonstrate the truth of Hutton's views with regard to intrusive rocks . He commenced a See also:series of experiments to illustrate the See also:fusion of rocks, their vitreous and crystalline characters, and the See also:influence of molten rocks in altering adjacent strata . He thus assisted in proving that granitic See also:veins had been injected into overlying deposits after their consolidation . He studied the volcanic rocks in See also:Italy and recognized that the old See also:lava flows and the numerous dikes in See also:Scotland must have had a similar origin . He made further experiments to illustrate the contortions of rocks . The results were brought before the Royal Society of See also:Edinburgh . He died at Edinburgh on the 23rd of See also:June 1832 . He represented in See also:parliament (1807–1812) the old See also:borough of See also:Michael in See also:Corn-See also:wall; he also wrote an See also:Essay on the Origin, See also:History and Principles of See also:Gothic See also:Architecture (1813) . His eldest son, John Hall (1787–186o), who succeeded him, was a See also:Fellow of the Royal Society; the second son, See also:Captain See also:Basil Hall (q.v.), was the distinguished traveller; the third son, James Hall (1800–18J4), was a painter, See also:art-See also:patron, and a friend of Sir See also:David See also:Wilkie .

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