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THEORY
OF THE EARTH
WITH
PROOFS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
IN FOUR PARTS.
_BY JAMES HUTTON, M.D. AND F.R.S.E._
VOL. II.


1795

CONTENTS.
PART II.
_Farther Induction of Facts and Observations, respecting the Geological
Part of the Theory_

_INTRODUCTION_

CHAP. I.
_Facts in Confirmation of the Theory of Elevating Land above the Surface
of the Sea._
CHAP. II.
_The same Subject continued, with Examples from different Countries._
CHAP. III.
_Facts in confirmation of the Theory, respecting those Operations which
re-dissolve the Surface of the Earth._
CHAP. IV.
_The same Subject continued, in giving still farther Views of the
Dissolution of the Earth._
CHAP. V.
_Facts in confirmation of the Theory respecting the Operations of the
Earth employed in forming Soil for Plants._
CHAP. VI.
_A View of the Economy of Nature, and necessity of Wasting the Surface
of the Earth, in serving the purposes of this World._
CHAP. VII.
_The same Subject continued, in giving a View of the Operations of Air
and Water upon the Surface of the Land._
CHAP. VIII.
_The present Form of the Surface of the Earth explained, with a View of
the Operation of Time upon our Land._
CHAP. IX.
_The Theory Illustrated, with a View of the Summits of the Alps.
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