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Note ix. — Petroleum, See. Page 194 



Petroleurh, &c. from the diftilktion of coal, ^ 172. Gra- 

 dation from petroleum to coal often met with, § 173^ 

 Connection of amber and coal, § 174. Why mines 

 of blind coal have not always petroleum mines near 

 them, § 173. 



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Note x. — The Height above the Level of the 

 Sea, at which Marks of Aqueous Depoiition 



are found. 



p. 199 



Thefe marks confill either in flratification or in marine 

 objeds, § 176. The marks of ftratificatiofi obferv'ed, 



14,739 feet above the fea, 



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14,190, § 178. Kirwan's miftake concerning thefe 



ftiells, § 179. His error limilar to Voltaire's, § iSc, 



Note xi.— Fradure and Dillocation of the 



Strata. 



p. 204 



Slips, J 181. Rib of limeilone in a flip near Hudders- 

 field, § 182, 183. Singular fradure of pudding-ftqnes 

 at Oban in Argylefhire, §184. Similar phenomena 

 obferved bj Sauffure between Nice and Genoa^ tb. 

 Remarks on it, § 185, 



Note XII.— Elevation and Inflexion of the Strata. 



p. 209 



Jundlion 



Brec 



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Tundion 



primary and fecondary ftrata : At Torbay in Devon- 



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