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tainty of finding the characteristic Fossils of the respective 
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England, also, and was prosecuted with considerable zeal, 
although with less important results than in France. An ex- 
tensive work on this subject, by James Parkinson, entitled 
“ Organic Remains of a kormer World,” was begun in 1804, 
and completed in three volumes in 1811. A second edition 
appeared in 1833. This work was far in advance of previous 
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William Buckland (1784—1856), published in 1823 his cele- 
brated “Reliquia Diluviane,” in which he gave the results of 
his own observations in regard to the animal remains found in 
the caves, fissures and alluvial gravels of England. The facts 
presented are of great value, and the work was long a model 
ior similar researches. Buckland’s conclusions were, that none 
of the human remains discovered in the caves were as old as 
the extinct mammals found with them, and that the Deluge 
was universal. In speaking of fossil bones found in the 
The foundation of the « Geological Society of London,” in 
1807, marks an important point in the history of paleontology. 
wed : in fo f 
of the sciences within its field. The Geological ipo 
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ted largely to geological investigations in these countries, aC 
