Subject Listings for Volume 1

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Chapter
Subject
Pages
I.

The History of the Earth
1 - 58
II.

Proofs of the Theory of the Earth
59*

[the table of contents lists this as a separate entry, but the text itself begins with the essay below]
Article I.

Of the Formation of Planets
59 - 96
Article II.

Of Whiston's Theory of the Earth
97 - 108
Article III.

Of Burnet's Theory
109 - 112
Article IV.

Of Woodward's Theory
113 - 117
Article V.

Examination of Some other Theories
118 - 121

Bourguet's Theory
122 - 123

Leibnitz's Theory
124 - 125

Scheutzer's Theory
126 - 132
Article VI.

Geography
133 - 156
Article VII.

Of the formation of Strata, or Beds, in the Earth
157 - 187
Article VIII.

Of Shells, and other Productions of the Sea, found in the Interior Parts of the Earth
188 - 227
Article IX.

Of the Inequalities upon the Earth's Surface
228 - 248
Article X.

Of Rivers
249 - 289
Article XI.

Of Seas and Lakes
290 - 338
Article XII.

Of the Tides
339 - 350
Article XIII.

Of Inequalities in the Bottom of the Sea, and of Currents
351 - 366
Article XIV.

Of Regular Winds
367 - 385
Article XV

Of Irregular Winds, Hurricans, Water-Spouts, and other Phenomena occasioned by the Agistation of the Sea, and of the Air
386 - 407
Article XVI.

Of Volcano's and Earthquakes
308 - 441
Article XVII.

Of New Islands, Caverns, perpendicular Fissures, &c.
442 - 472
Article XVIII.

Of the Effects of Rains -- Of Marshes, Subterraneous Wood and Waters
473 - 482
Article XIX

Of the Changes of Land into Sea, and of Sea into Land
483 - 511

Conclusion
512

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