[14a] See Carey’s Astronomy, p. 137.

[14b] Ibid.

[14c] Ibid.

[15a] See Carey’s Astronomy, p. 137.

[15b] Ibid.

[16a] See Lyell’s Geology, vol. 2, p. 25.

[16b] Ibid.

[16c] See Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature, vol. 1, p. 150.

[17] See Lyell’s Geology, vol. 2, p. 18.

[19] Vide Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature, vol. 1, p. 151.