Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and Creation of the World. II. The general deluge, its Causes and Effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and Future Conflagration. Wherein are largely discussed, The Production and Use of Mountains; the Original of Fountains, of Formed Stones, and Sea-Fishes Bones and Shells found in the Earth; the Effects of particular Floods, and Inundations of the Sea; the Eruptions of Vulcano's; the Nature and Causes of Earthquakes. Also an Historical Account of those Two late remarkable Ones in Jamaica and England. With Practical Inferences. By John Ray, late Fellow of the Royal Society.
- Ray, John, 1627-1705.
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- M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]
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London : printed for William Innys, at the West End of St. Paul's, M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]
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xxxi,[1],456p.,plates : port. ; 80.
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The fourth edition corrected.
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ESTC T93681
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