An essay toward a natural history of the earth and terrestrial bodies, especially minerals : as also of the sea, rivers, and springs : with an account of the universal deluge : and of the effects that it had upon the earth / by John Woodward ...
- Title
- An essay toward a natural history of the earth and terrestrial bodies, especially minerals : as also of the sea, rivers, and springs : with an account of the universal deluge : and of the effects that it had upon the earth / by John Woodward ...
- Author
- Woodward, John, 1665-1728.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Ric. Wilkin ...,
- 1695.
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- Subject terms
- Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works.
- Link to this Item
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Contents
- imprimatur
- title page
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To the Honourable Sir
Robert Southwell, Knight, President of theRoyal Society. - PREFACE.
- The CONTENTS.
- ERRATA.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS Upon which this DISCOURSE Is Founded.
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natural history
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PART I. An Examination of the Opinions of
former Writers on this Subject. TheMeans wherebythey thought these Marine Bodies brought out upon the Earth. Of certainChanges of Sea and Land, and other Alterations in the Terra∣queous Globe, whichthey suppose to have happened. -
PART II. Concerning the
Universal Deluge. That these Marine Bodies werethen left at Land. TheEffects it had upon theEarth. - PART III. Concerning the Fluids of the Globe.
- PART IV. Of the Origin and Formation of Metalls and Minerals.
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PART V. Of the
Alterations which the Ter∣raqueous Globe hath undergone since the time of the Deluge. - PART VI. Concerning the State of the Earth, and the Productions of it, before the Deluge.
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PART I. An Examination of the Opinions of
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Books Printed for
Richard Wilkin at theKing's-Head in S.Paul 's Church-Yard.