Essay on the Theory of the Earth
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FRONTISPIECE
ESSAY
ON THE
THEORY OF THE EARTH.
By BARON G. CUVIER,
PERPETUAL SECRETARY OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, PROFESSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, &c. &c.
WITH
GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS,
PROFESSOR JAMESON.
FIFTH EDITION,
baron Georges Cuvier
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CONTENTS.
GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF PLATES.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
APPENDIX.
GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS,
Deluge.
FORMATION OF PRIMITIVE MOUNTAINS.
ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BOULDER STONES IN SCOTLAND, HOLLAND, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AND AMERICA.
ON THE ALLUVIAL LAND OF THE DANISH ISLANDS IN THE BALTIC, AND ON THE COAST OF SLESWIGH.
ON THE SAND-FLOOD.
ON THE LEVEL OF THE BALTIC.
FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.
ON THE ACTION OF RUNNING WATERS.
ACCOUNT OF THE IRISH ELK, FOSSIL ELEPHANT OR MAMMOTH, AND THE MASTODON.
ON THE CAVES IN WHICH BONES OF CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS OCCUR IN GREAT QUANTITIES.
ACCOUNT OF THE CAVE CONTAINING BONES AT ADELSBERG IN CARNIOLA.
TABULAR VIEW
TABULAR VIEW
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