TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF LONDON. 



SECOND SERIES. 



VOLUME IV. 



Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curae sit, non tantum inventis haerere, atque iis uti, sed 

 ad ulteriora penetrare ; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere naturam vincere ; 

 denique non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire ; tales, tanquam 

 veri scientinarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant. 



Novum Organum, Preefatio. 



LONDON: 



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SOLD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



SOMERSET HOUSE. 



1836. 



