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liUTTONIAN THEORY. 



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ry than any other ; and it is certain, that one 

 Very important principle is common to them 



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both. The theory of the Italian geologift was 



chiefly direded to th 



pla 



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re 



mains of 

 mountain 



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hich are found in 



far from th 



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d it appears to 



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fuggefted to him by the ph 



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of the Campi PhlegrnH, \ 

 bf the new ifland of San 



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the produ6li 

 in the Archil 



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He accordingly fuppofes, that the illand 



been all raifed up 



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and continents have 



above-mentioned ifland, from the bottom of t!he 



fea, by the force of volcanic fire : that thf*fe 



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fires began to burn under the bottom of the 

 ocean, foon after the creation of the xvorld, when 

 as yet the ocean covered the whole earth : that 

 they at firft elevated a portion of the land ; and 

 in this primitive land no fhells are found, as the 



original ocean was deftitute of fil'h. The vol- 

 canoes continuing to burn^ under the fea, after 

 the creation of animated nature, the firata that 

 were then raifed up by their adion were full of 

 fliells and other marine objeds ; and, from the 

 violence with which they were elevated, arofe 

 the contortions and inclined pofition which they 



frequently poflefs ^, 



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This 



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^ De Crollacei, et degli altri Marini Corpi, che fi. 

 trovano fu' Monti : di Ant. Lazzaro Moro* Vinezia, 



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