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Ch. IV.] 



DOLOMIEU.— MONTLOSIER.— IIUTTON. 



73 



mathematical 



map 



and a power of original generalisation. 



Dolomieu —Monti 



Dolomieu, another of Werner 



contemporaries, had fonnd prismatic basalt among the ancient 

 lavas of Etna ; and, in 1784, had observed the alternations of 



Noto 



Sicily. 



* In 1790, also, he described similar phenomena m 

 . .centin and in the Tyrol.f Montlosier published, in 

 1788, an essay on the theory of the volcanos of Anvergne, 



combinin 

 views . 



with comprehensive 



Notwithstanding 



& 



of Werner 



ntmost extent; maintainin 



their faith, 



that even obsidian was an aqueons precipitate. As they were 

 blinded by their veneration for the great teacher, they were 



opposition, and 



imbibed 



impatient oi opposition, anu. zuvil ^^— — ~r 



faction ; and their opponents, the Vulcanists, were not long 



becomin 



more freqnently em 



than argument by the rival sects, till at last the controversy 



almost 



dented in questions of physical science. . Desmarest alone, 

 who had long before provided ample materials for refuting 

 such a theory, kept aloof from the strife ; and whenever a 



Neptunist wished to draw the old man 



t 



Hutton, 1788.— It would be contrary to all analogy, in 



matters of graver import, that a war should rage with such 

 fury on the Continent, and that the inhabitants of our island 



mm 



Although in England the 



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to the defence of the weaker side of the question, they con- 



«■* * . -m m ■ ' ■' • 



Wernerian 



with great enthusiasm. In order to explain the peculiar 



motives which led many 



into this contest, it will be necessary to present the reader 



* Journ. de Phys. xxv. p, 191. 



f Ibid. torn, xxxvii. part ii. p. 200. 



J Cuvier, Eloge de Desmarest. 



