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CONTENTS 



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THE FIEST VOLUME. 



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BOOK I. 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY . 



Geology defined — compared to History — its relation to other Physical Science — 

 not to be confounded with Cosmogony page 1 



CHAPTER II. 



HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF GEOLOGY. 



Oriental Cosmogony — Hym 



Doctrine of 



the successive Destruction and Renovation of the World — Origin of this Doc- 

 trine — Common to the Egyptians — adopted by the Greeks — Anaximander on 

 the Origin of Mankind from Fish— System of Pythagoras— of Aristotle — Dog- 

 mas concerning the Extinction and Reproduction of Genera and Species 

 Strabo's Theory of Elevation by Earthquakes — Pliny— Concluding Remarks on 

 the Knowledge of the Ancients 6 



CHAPTER III. 



HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF GEOLOGY — Continued. 



Arabian Writers of the Tenth Century — Avicenna — Omar— Cosmogony of the 



Koran — Kazwini — Early Italian Writers — Leonardo da Vinci — Fracastoro — 



Controversy as to the Real Nature of Fossils — Attributed to the Mosaic Deluge 



■Palissy — Steno — Scilla — Quirini — Boyle — Lister — Leibnitz — Hooke's Theory 



of Elevation by Earthquakes— Of Lost Species of Animals — Ray — Physico- 



Theological Writers — Woodward's Diluvial Theory — Burnet — Whiston — Val- 



lisneri — Lazzaro Moro — Generelli — Buffon — His Theory condemned by the 



Sorbonne as Unorthodox — His Declaration — Targioni — Arduino — Michell 



Catcott — Raspe — Fuchsel — Fortis — Testa — Whitehurst — Pallas — Saussure 



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