ANNALS 



OF 



PHILOSOPHY. 



MAY, 1823. 



Article I. 



Additional Remarks on the Rot he Todte Liegende and Weiss 

 Liegende of German Geologists. By Thomas Weaver, Esq. 

 MRIA. MRDS. MWS. MGS. 



(To the Editor of the Annals of Philosophy.) 



SIR, Tortworth, April 4, 1823. 



In my former papers, I endeavoured to elucidate the subject 

 of the rothetodtliegende formation, as well as that of the weiss- 

 liegende, in such a manner as might obviate all further miscon- 

 ception or doubt ; * not by gratuitous assumption, but by strict 

 induction from the observations and descriptions of those who 

 have best studied the subject in Germany; at the head of whom 

 stands Freiesleben. In conducting this discussion, it has been 

 my object constantly to bear in mind that the solution of a pro- 

 blem cannot be valid, unless it embrace all the conditions neces- 

 sarily belonging to it; nor the sense of an author be justly given, 

 unless the scope of his argument be fully considered in all its 

 branches and bearings. Partial views generally lead to false 

 results. Yet it seems I have failed in conveying conviction 

 where I particularly wished to impress it.f Nor is it difficult to 

 account for the failure, since my opponent persists in attaching 

 a meaning to the word rothetodtliegende, for which I confess 1 

 can find no adequate German authority. However averse to 



• See Annals of Philosophy, Oct. and Nov. 1821, and Aug. 1822. 



f See the interesting " Memoir illustrative of a general Geological Map of Europe, 

 by the Rev. W. D. Conybeare," in the Annals of Philosophy for Jan. Feb. and March, 

 1823. 



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