TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 13, 1807. 



SECOND SERIES. 



VOLUME I. 



PART THE FIRST. 



Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curae sit, non tantum inyentis haererc, atque i!s uti, sed ad 

 ulteriora penetrare; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere naturatn vincere ; deni- 

 que non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed certo et ostensiye scire ; tales, tanquam veri scien- 

 tiarum filii, nobis (si yidebitur) seadjungant. 



Novum Organuniy Prafatio. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED BY R. AND A. TAYLOR, SHOE LANE. 



SOLD AT THE HOUSE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



No. 20, BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



1822. 



