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ftther, ik 15. Great changes muft have taken place on tile 

 furface of the earth in thofe ages immediately fucceeding the 

 creation, 13. It muft have acquired a confiderable degree of 

 folidity before the deluge, 15. Could not have been dilfolved 

 by the deluge, /i. 16. Horizontal pofition of its ftrata, ov/ 

 ing to the operation of waters, 15. 18. 28. Why the ftrata 

 in mountains are inclined to the horizon, 15. Figure of the 

 earth not psrfeiftly fpherical, owing to its diurnal revolution, 

 I7. How a true theory of the earth is to be eflablifhed, 34. 

 Enumeration of its principal phacnomena as a planet, J9. Of 

 its figure, and the materials of which it is compofed, 84. 

 Whether its parts are homogeneous, 87. Wliillon's theory 

 of the earth, 97. — 108. His hypothelis erroneous, but inge- 

 nious, 99. FertiKty of the earth before the deluge, occafiOQ- 

 ed by a central fire, 103. Figure of the earth changed from 

 a perfeft fphere, ic6. Remarks on Whi lion's theory, 107. 

 Burnet's theory defeftive, 109. Woodward's theory, 113. — 

 117. Futility of his fyftem pointed out, 114. Examination 

 of various theories and their abfurdities, 118. — 132. Bour- 

 guet's account of the earth before and after the deluge, and 

 how it is aoain to be deftroyed, 123. Leibnitz's theory dif- 

 ferent from all others, 124 The earth was formerly a fi;:cd 

 and luminous ftar, /*. Divifion of the globe into two belts 

 of land and two of water, 133. Ancient continent the prin- 

 cipal belt, ib. Number of fquare leagues it contains, 13 J. 

 New continent the other belt, 135. What parts of the earth 

 are to be reckoned the moil ancient, 136. Remarks on the 

 divifion of the earth, 138. Firil dlfcovcries of the New Con- 

 tinent, 140. Ignorance of the ancients concerning the extent 

 of the earth, 141. A much greater fpace occupied by fea than 

 land, 142. Difcoveries by different circumnavigators, 143. 

 Formation of the different llrata of the earth, 157. — 187. 

 Figure atiumed by the earth when in a mtked ilate, ijS. 

 Interior parts compofed of vitrified matter, 159. Former!) 

 the earth mull have been covered with water, ib. Chanj:^ . 

 oft its furface, with the reafons of them, 160. Table of ilu- 

 tlifferent Li-'ds of earth found at different depths, in certain 

 places, 163. The upper llratum compofed of decayed veg - 

 table and animal matter, 167. Arrangement of the ftrata, 

 170. Fillies, the firft inhabitants of the glebe, 174. The 

 ftrata of the earth not arranged according to their fpccilic 



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