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CONTENTS. 



pofing it ever 



fo irregular, § 435, 43^^ 437- 



Two 



different caufes of change, ib. Ultimate figure, that by 



are befl refifted, § 438. 



which the 



caufes of change 



439- 



Spheroidal figure, never perfectly acquired, 

 Agreement of this theory with obfervation, § 440, 

 Probable extenfion of the fyftcm of wafle and reno- 

 vation to the otherplanets, § 441, 44;:. Confirmation 

 from the fjftem of Saturn, § 443, 444. 



Note xxvi-™Prejudices relating to the Theory 



Page '510 



of the Earth. 



Alleged by fome that a theory of the earth ought not at 

 prefent to be attempted, § 445. The quick fuccefiion 

 of geological theories has partly arifen from their ob- 



jed being mifunderllood, § 446. A fucceffionof theo- 

 ries is often a continued approximation to the truth, 

 § 447. The more various the phenomena of any clafs, 

 the greater the chance of difcovering their true caufe, 



r 



M 



448. Reafon to think that the leading fa<5ls in geo- 

 logy are now known, § 449, 450. 



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that of Sauffure, 



452, 



Dr Black 



§451. I 



Dolomieu, § 453, 454 



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derflanding the true thebry of the earth, 



of theory in matters of obfervation, § 437, St 



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i^^je 44. li/ie ^. ft o:/i- the botto/n,for that read as 



464. 



4Sa, 



6. 

 12. 



J'or «ppe-Aranes. read appearances. 

 far D'AuBENXON- read D a vbkhTOS 

 cr adverfarles recid adverfary 



