An inquiry into the original state and formation of the earth; deduced from facts and the laws of nature. To which is added an appendix, containing some general observations on the strata in Derbyshire. With sections of them, representing their arrangement, affinities, and the mutations they have suffered at different periods of time. Intended to illustrate the preceding inquiries, and as a specimen of subterraneous geography. By John Whitehurst.

Date:

MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]