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fterwards to difpofe them anew, 



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range them into ftrata. He makes no provi- 

 fion for the confolidation of thefe ftrata, nor any 

 for their angular elevation ; he has no means of 



plaining the iinflratified rocks 



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but 



ly imperfe^, for explaining th 



qualities of the earth's furface 



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BufFon 



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bjed of a theory of the earth ; and though 

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ftablilhed, he begins from a condition of 

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any rational fp 



Hed 



deed 



undertake to examine the Hate of our planetary 

 fyftem before the fun exifted ; 



even when raoft difpofed to indulg 



for from fuch 



travagance, 



But 



his fancy, he would fureJy have revolted, 

 he treats of the world, when the earth and the 

 planets had juft ceafed to be a part of the fun, and 

 were newly detached from the body of that ill- 



rnmary 



* 



This hypothecs concerning the origin of the 

 planets, contrived chiefly to account for the cir- 



cumilance 



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 m?,tter, unchanged but by its congelation. 



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