TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF LONDON. 



SECOND SERIES. 



VOLUME V. 



Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curse sit, non tantum inventis haerere, atque lis 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 scientiarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant. 



Novum Organum, Prcefatio. 



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