SURVEY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE 

 WHOLE WORK. 



FIRST PART. 



SKETCH of a Universal Systematic Constitution among 

 the Fixed Stars, deduced from the phenomena of 

 the Milky Way. Similarity of this System of the 

 Fixed Stars with the System of the Planets. Dis- 

 covery of many such Systems, which show themselves 

 in the expanse of the heavens in the form of 

 Elliptical Figures. New conception of the Syste- 

 matic Constitution of the Whole Creation. 



Conclusion : Probable Conjecture of Several Planets 

 beyond Saturn, founded on the law according to 

 which the eccentricity of the Planets increases with 

 their Distances. 



SECOND PART. 



FIRST CHAPTER. 



Reasons for the theory of a Mechanical Origin of the World. 



Counter reasons. The only conception among all possible 

 views that can satisfy both positions. Primary State 

 of Nature. Dispersion of the Elements of all Matter 



