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On the agency of the aetherial fluid in the production of electrical 

 phenomena. — § 3. Agency of the aetherial fluid in Galvanic phe- 

 uomena.— § 4. Agency of the a-therial fluid in magnetic pheno- 

 mena. — § 5. Agency of the ffitlierial fluid in the production of 

 light and colonrs. — § 6. On the agency of the aetherial fluid in 

 oausing heat. — VII. On the production of the atmosphere. — 

 Vilf. Concerning the formation of primitive rocks. — IX, On the 

 jwoduction of primitive mountains. — X. On the formation of se- 

 condary rocks, and progress of organization from its vegetahle state 

 to its perfection ii) man. — XI. On the physical consequences of 

 man's original transgression. — § 1. Concerning the nature of 

 ^he curse imposed upon tlie ground. — § 2. On the origin and 

 formation of coal. — § 3. On the origin of rock salt. — § 4. Con- 

 tinuation of secondary strata till the ocean ceased to make che- 

 mical depositions. — XII. Historic and traditional proofs of the 

 deluge. - § I. Mosaic account of the deluge. — § 2. Heathen 

 traditions of the deluge. — § 3. Proofs from tradition that the 

 poles of the earth were changed at the deluge. — XIII. Natural 

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 — § 1. Longevity of mankind before the deluge.— § 2. Of the 

 rainbow. — § 3. Vestigia of the retreat of the waters into the 

 abyss. — XIV. Concerning the partial changes which the earth 

 has sustained, previous and subsequent to the deluge. — § 1. On 

 the causes that have contributed to the present appearances in the 

 crust of the earth. — § 2. On the formation of metallic and other 

 veins. — § 3. Ontlic connection between the changes in the crust 

 of the earth and organic remains found in its strata. — XV. On 

 gravitation, the mechanism of the solar system, and its con- 

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An Inquiry into the Eflfects of Spirituous Liquors on the Phy- 

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