Volume 1

Natural history, general and particular / by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 300 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations. By William Smellie.

  • Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Date:
1785
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Natural history, general and particular / by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 300 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations. By William Smellie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COR DE ON PTS. L NS Page. EWE Hiflory and Theory of the Earth — x Proofs of the Theory of the Earth 59. ARTICLE I. Of the Formation of Planets 59 AL, Of Whifton’s Theory of the Earth 97 IL. Of Burnet’s Theory | 109 IV. Of Woodward's Theory Monts EN Examination of Jome other The- 1) ories 118 | Bourguet’ s Theory 122 te Leibnitz’s Theory 124 — Scheutzer’s Theory ‘ 126 | VI. nes a 133 VIL. Of the Formation of Strata, or Beds, in the Earth 157 VIII. Of Shells, and other Productions of the Sea, found in the In- terior parts of the Earth. 188 IX. Of the Inequalities upon the Earths Surface. 228 X. Of Rivers | 249 Xl. Of Seas and Lakes 200 : XIL. Of the Tides 339 a2 ARTICLE