TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF LONDON. 



SECOND SERIES. 



VOLUME V. 

 PART THE SECOND. 



Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curse sit, non tantum inventis haevere, atque iis uti, sed 

 ad ulteriora penetrare ; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opei-e naturam vincere ; 

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

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



Novum Organum, Prcefatio. 



LONDON: 



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