Natural history: general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. [pt.9]

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Natural history: general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. [pt.9]

Author

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.

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Edinburgh :: printed for William Creech,

1780-85.

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Contents

• title page
• table of contents
• NATURAL HISTORY.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article concerning the Formation of the Planets, Vol. I. p. 59.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article concerning Geography, Vol. I. p. 133.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
    • V.
  • ADDITIONS to the article, Of the Pro|duction of Strata, Vol. I. p. 15.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
  • ADDITIONS to the article, Concerning Shells, and other Productions of the Sea, found in the interior parts of the Earth, Vol. I. p. 188.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article, Of the In|equalities of the surface of the Earth, Vol. I. p. 228.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
      • EXPERIMENTS.
    • V.
    • VI.
  • ADDITIONS to the article, Of Rivers, Vol. I. p. 251.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
  • ADDITIONS and Corrections to the article, Of Seas and Lakes, Vol. I. p. 290.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
    • V.
  • ADDITIONS and Corrections to the Article, Of Inequalities at the bottom of the Sea, and of Currents, Vol. I. p. 351.
    • I.
    • II.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article, Of Regular Winds, Vol. I. p. 367.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article, Of Irregular Winds, Water-spouts, &c. Vol. I. p. 386.
    • I.
    • II.
  • ADDITIONS to the article, Of Earth|quakes and Volcano's, Vol. I. p. 382.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • III.
    • IV.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article, Of Caverns, Vol. I. p. 442.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article, Of the ef|fect of Rains, Marshes, Subterraneous Wood and Water, Vol. I. p. 473.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
  • ADDITIONS to the Article, Of the Changes of Sea into Land, Vol. I. p. 483.
  • FACTS AND ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNT DE BUFFON's EPOCHS OF NATURE.
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • Of Giants.
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • section
    • Of the Glaciers.
    • Of the North-East passage.
    • Concerning that period when the powers of Man aided those of Nature.
• INDEX.
• DIRECTIONS to the BINDER.
• ERRATA.