TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF LONDON. 



SECOND SERIES. 



VOLUME II. 



Quod SI cui mortalium cordi et curae sit, non tantum inventis h^rere, atque iis uti sed 

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

 den.que non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire; tales, tanquani 

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



Novum Organum, Prcefatio. 



LON DON: 



PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 

 SOLD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



SOMERSET HOUSE. 



1829. 



