CONTENTS. 



Chap. Pasre. 



I. On the general Objects of Geological Science 1 



II. On .the particular Objects, and Ends of Geolo- 

 gical Investigation . . . . 8 



III, On the General Form and Constitution of the 



Globe 16; 



IV. On the general Disposition of the Surface of 



the Globe 31 



V. On the general Outlines, or the picturesque 



Characters of Rocks . . . .52' 



VI. On the general Distribution of t/ie Materials 



which constitute the Earth . * . 60* 



VII. On the Characters and Forms of Strata, and 



on Stratification ..... 6J 



VIII, On the Disposition, Fractures, and Disloca- 

 tions of Strata . . . . .86; 



IX. On the Flexures and Contortions of Rocks . Ill; 

 X. On the Charaelers and Disposition of unstra- 



ti/ied Rocks and Veins ...... 131 



XL On the concretionary, and crystalline Struc- 

 tures of Rocks ..... 166 



XII. On the Origin, Materials, Composition, and 



Analogies of Rocks 192; 



XIII. On the Destruction of Rocks . . ' . 234 



XIV. On the particular; order of succession among 



Rocks ....... 268 



XV. On I he elevattHt^th+rMtrwe Alluvia, . . 298; 



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