An examination of Dr. Woodward's account of the deluge, &c. with a comparison between Steno's philosophy and the doctor's, in the case of marine bodies dug out of the earth / by J.A. ... ; with a letter to the author concerning an abstract of Agostino Scilla's book on the same subject, printed in the philosophical transactions by W.W. ...
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An examination of Dr. Woodward's account of the deluge, &c. with a comparison between Steno's philosophy and the doctor's, in the case of marine bodies dug out of the earth / by J.A. ... ; with a letter to the author concerning an abstract of Agostino Scilla's book on the same subject, printed in the philosophical transactions by W.W. ...
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Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
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London :: Printed for C. Bateman ...,
1697.
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STENO.
Those Bodies not only resemble one another, but also the Parts of the Animals to which they belonged: nor is there any difference in the ten∣dency of the Striae, the Composition of the Lamellae, the Whirls and Win∣dings of the Cavities, or in the Join∣ings and Hinges of their Bivalves. In some Places there are found several dissimilar Oyster-shells, and sticking together, after the manner they are found at Sea. If some Shells are found broken, the Edge of the Fragment demonstrates that the other was for∣merly joined to it, which likewise is sometimes found near the same place. Since it is so easie to observe when more regular Bodies recede from their usual Figure, how much easier must it be to find Defects in Bodies of a much more composed Figure; such as