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XI. An ExtraB , by Philip Henry Zollman, 
Efq\ F. R. S. of a Philofophical Account 
of a new Opinion concerning the Origin of 
Petrifactions found in the Earth, which has 
been hitherto afcribed to the univerfal de- 
luge ; as contained in an Italian Book, inti- 
tied , De Croftacei ed altri marini Corpi 
che le trovanofu’ Monti, di Anton. Lazzaro 
Moro, Venice 1740. communicated together 
with feveval Remarks , by Dr, Balthafar 
Ehrhart, Phyfcian in Ordinary at Mem- 
mingen, and Member of the Acad. Nat.CurioC 
in High -Dutch at Memmingen, 1 745. 4 to. 
-Read April 24' I * H E Italian Author has adopted a 
1746. new syfl em concerning marine 
Petrifa£lion, the Caufe of which he refers to Fire, 
inftead of Water, according to the Opinion com- 
monly received. 
The Place of his Abode has furnifhed him with 
particular Opportunities of comparing marine Petri- 
factions found in the Mountains, with the true ma- 
rine Bodies produced by the Sea. The faid Place is 
called San Vito di Tagliamento , 6 Hours Journey 
from Venice , under the Bifhop of Concordia, belong- 
ing to the Patriarch of Aquileia. 
The Author is a Clergyman ; but never entered 
into any ecclefiaftical Community, nor into any Uni- 
yerfity. 
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