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CONTENTS. 



SECTION III. 



PHENOMENA COMMON TO STRATIFIED AND UN- 



STRATIFIED BODIES. 



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§95, 96. Proofs of wearing from the fea-fliorc 

 !. Rivers, ^ 99, ico. Defiles among mountains 



Supply of the foil from the decompofition o; 



103. Gravel in the foil, § 104, 105. 



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Gold 



§ 107. Proofs of wafle 



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Stru6lure 



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marks, § 114, 115. No produdion of minerals on 

 the furface, § ti6. Reproduction at the bottom of 

 the fea, § 117* Continued fyllem of decay and reno- 

 vation, § 118. Defence againft the charge of impie- 



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Antiquity and order of the revolutions of 

 the globe, § 12c, 121, 122,123, 124. Confiftency 

 with the Sacred Writings, § 125. Scope of this theory 

 of the earth diftinguilhes it from others ; beauty and 



extent of its views 



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Comparifon of this theory with that of Buffon, § 129. 

 of Lazzaro Moro, § 130. Plutonic fyftem, § 131. Di- 

 llinguilhed by the principle of compreffion, § 132. 

 Explains the oblate figure of the earth, rb. prejudi- 

 ces againil this fyftem, ^ 133. What may be expect- 

 ed from the progrefs of fcxence, § 134. 



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