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entifdf 

 :onceiE. 

 lan tk 



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 VIr Ki:. 



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HUTTONIAN THEORY. 



147 



wi 



any one 

 ill fee, in 



who 



fiders the rubjedt 



Dr Hutton 



af( 



6 



tberefo 



fairly, 



thing but the caution of a philofopher, 



wifely confines his theory within the fame 1 



ho 



by 



hich nature h 



fined h 



and obfervat 



erthelefs true, th 



It is ne^ 

 fometimes 



that the prefent calct 

 fed of animal remains 

 ever, is more general tha 



D 



Hutt 



h 



(Ted himfelf as if he thought 



cks are all comp 



Th 



th 



fads 



and, from fo 

 languag 



dnefs or ambiguity of 

 ly more general than he in- 



ded. ' The idea of calcareous rocks, on whicl 

 he argues throughout his whole theory, is precife 

 ly that which is ilated in the preceding article. 



Note it. § 6. 



Origin of coal. 

 36. The vegetable origin of coal feems to be 



fufficiently proved by th 



af( 



6 



§ 5. and 



6. ; and that reafoning will appear fi 

 fadory, from what 



IS 



faid 



28. 



ng the confolidation ot 



th 



foflil 



d 29 



Hutton has 



d both if the matter of coal 



K 



and 



* Theory of the Earth, vol. i. p. 23 



