Buffon's Natural History, Volume 01 (of 10) / Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &c

by comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon

Buffon's Natural History.

CONTAINING
A THEORY OF THE EARTH,
A GENERAL
HISTORY OF MAN,
OF THE BRUTE CREATION, AND OF
VEGETABLES, MINERALS,
&c. &c.

FROM THE FRENCH.

WITH NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

London:
PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,
AND SOLD BY H. D. SYMONDS, PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1797.

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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

Page
[THE Theory of the Earth]		[1]
Proof of the Theory of the Earth.
[Article I.]	On the Formation of the Planets	[69]
[Article II.]	From the System of Whiston	[115]
[Article III.]	From the System of Burnet	[128]
[Article IV.]	From the System of Woodward	[131]
[Article V.]	Exposition of some other Systems	[137]
[Article VI.]	Geography	[155]
[Article VII.]	On the Production of the Strata, or Beds of the Earth	[183]
[Article VIII.]	On Shells and other Marine Productions found in the interior Parts of the Earth	[219]
[Article IX.]	On the Inequalities of the Surface of the Earth	[262]
[Article X.]	Of Rivers	[298]

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