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the' arts. 
. , *^DECEMHER, 1813. 
ARTICLE I. 
On the Gio/rfical System of If truer. 
{Concluded from p. 10'2.) 
I F the preceding exposition appear to have entered too much 
into detail, or to have assigned too great an importance to i>lnulc<l lii* 
he speculative part of the subject, it must be recollected, that Nation! 
he names and descriptive language employed by Werner, have setiur 
Titervoven his speculations with his statements of facts ; so 
hat in order fully to comprehend descriptions after his manner, 
lis theory must previously be understood. Tire conclusions 
Iso presented by this theory have been deduced, we are in- 
brmed, by Mr. Jameson, “ after deep reflection, and in confor- 
mity with the strictest rules of induction* they atford, there- 
t»re, a test of Werner’s talents for such enquiries, and the 
onsideration of them will help tt) determine the degree of 
onfidence with which we may, in general, take him for our 
;uide. 
In examining the Wernerian theory of the earth, it would Ilattoniaa 
re interesting to compare its tenets witlv those of Dr. Hutton, 
* Jameson I. Introduction, p. xxii. 
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