Essay on the theory of the earth / By M. Cuvier ... Translated from the French ... by Robert Kerr ... With mineralogical illustrations by Professor Jameson.

  • Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Essay on the theory of the earth / By M. Cuvier ... Translated from the French ... by Robert Kerr ... With mineralogical illustrations by Professor Jameson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE 23. Of the Importance of Extraneous Fossils, or Petrifactions, in Geology 54 24. High importance of investigating the Fossil Remains of Quadrupeds 57 25. Of the small Probability of discovering new Species of the larger Quadrupeds 61 26. Enquiry respecting the Fabulous Animals of the Ancients 74 27. Of the Difficulty of distinguishing the Fossil Bones of Qua- drupeds 88 28. Results of the Researches respecting the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds ; 103 29. Relations of the Species of Fossil Bones, with the Strata in which they are found 105 30. Proofs that the extinct Species of Quadrupeds are not Va- rieties of the present existing Species 114 31. Proofs that there are no Human Bones in the Fossil State 128 32. Proofs of the recent Population of the World, and that its present Surface is not of very ancient Formation . . 135 33. Proofs, from Traditions, of a great Catastrophe, and subse- quent Renewal of Human Society 149 34. Proofs derived from several Miscellaneous Considerations 168 35. Concluding Reflections 173 Supplement, being an Extract from the Researches of M. de Prony, on the Hydraulic System of Italy ; containing an Account of the Displacement of that part of the coast of the Adriatic which is occupied by the Mouths of the Po 185 NEW HISTORICAL RESEARCHES. The newness of the present Continent confirmed by the His- tory of Nations 197 An Examination of the Proofs regarding the antiquity of Nations alleged to be contained in their Astronomical and other Monuments 241