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The World Before the Deluge

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By Louis Figuier
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A sweeping popular-science account traces Earth's development from an initial gaseous state through condensation, igneous and metamorphic activity, and the stratified succession of sedimentary epochs. It explains rock types and volcanic processes, then follows successive geological periods—detailing marine and terrestrial faunas, coal formation, and climatic shifts—using fossils, footprints, and petrified droppings as evidence. Later chapters cover the most recent glacial and post-glacial changes, catastrophic inundations, and the emergence of humans, illustrated by diagrams and reconstructions that combine paleontology, stratigraphy, and accessible geological theory.

THE END.

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

The original text has been maintained, including inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, lay-out, formatting, etc. and in the use of capitals, diacriticals and accents, except as described below under Changes Made. Important inconsistencies include: Saarbruck/Saarbrück, Coalbrookdale/Coalbrook Dale, Roth-liegende/Rothliegende/Röthe-liegende, Westmorland/Westmoreland, blow-pipe/blowpipe, cuttle-fish/cuttlefish, frame-work/framework, fresh-water/freshwater, Kupfer-schiefer/Kupferschiefer, rain-drops/raindrops, re-construct/reconstruct (and related words), Roth-todt-liegende/Rothe-todte-liegende, sub-divide/subdivide (and related words), tile-stones/tilestones, under-clay/underclay, water-stones/waterstones, aërial/aerial, Baikal/Baïkal, Ceteosaurus/Cetiosaurus, Colley Weston/Colleyweston, Cupanioides/Cupanioïdes, Hoffman/Hoffmann (this is apparently the same person, it is not clear what the correct spelling should be); Kjökken-Mödden/Kjökken Mödden/Kjökken-mödden, Mæstricht/Maestricht, Néocomian/Neocomian, predaceous/predacious, proboscideans/proboscidians, and Tunguragua/Tunguraqua.

There are slight differences in wording between the Table of Contents, the Index and the text. Since the meaning is not affected, this has not been standardised.

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Textual remarks:

  • Page 109 (table): 12,060 should possibly be 12,000;
  • Page 196 (table): Red and variegated sandstone (Collyhurst) ...: there is a line missing in the original work that is not present in other editions either. This line has been replaced by [...];
  • Page 212: The Lias, in England, is generally in three groups: possibly there is a word (divided or similar) missing;
  • Page 301: The invertebrate animals which characterise the Cretaceous age are among: possibly there is a word missing at the end of the sentence (others);
  • Page 339: not one-fifth the size of Switzerland should possibly be not one-fifth the size of Great Britain;
  • Index: contrary to the remark at the top of the index, not all italic entries refer to illustrations.

Changes made to original text:

  • Multi-page tables have been combined into single tables.
  • Footnotes have been moved to the end of each chapter.
  • Some obvious typographical errors (including punctuation) have been corrected silently.
  • Table of Contents: entries Eruptive Rocks and The Beginning have been indented one level less as in the text; entry Metamorphic Rocks has been indented one level less, in line with the other headings printed in small capitals.
  • Page 11: Ancylyceras changed to Ancyloceras;
  • Page 34: has disappeared changed to have disappeared; Strasburg changed to Strasbourg as elsewhere;
  • Page 36: Cevennes changed to Cévennes as elsewhere;
  • Page 37: bigarrè changed to bigarré; gres changed to grès as elsewhere; porpyhries changed to porphyries;
  • Page 57: diameter) changed to diameter (bracket removed);
  • Page 152: on page 155 changed to on page 157;
  • Page 167: Liége changed to Liège;
  • Page 184: Cevennes changed to Cévennes as elsewhere; Rhone changed to Rhône as elsewhere;
  • Page 194: Nilsonia changed to Nilssonia as elsewhere;
  • Page 206: Cevennes changed to Cévennes as elsewhere;
  • Page 213: Pentatrinus changed to Pentacrinus;
  • Page 225: Ichythyosaurus changed to Ichthyosaurus;
  • Page 239: Nilsonia changed to Nilssonia as elsewhere;
  • Page 240: Nilsonia changed to Nilssonia as elsewhere;
  • Page 247, caption fig 115: Polyzoa. changed to Polyzoa.) (bracket added);
  • Page 248: O. cuneatea changed to O. cuneata;
  • Page 250: first footnote anchor missing, inserted in most likely place;
  • Page 269: Gryphea changed to Gryphæa as elsewhere;
  • Page 305: represented in Fig. 146 changed to represented in Fig. 145;
  • Page 316: Nymphæea changed to Nymphæa;
  • Page 319: πσχυς changed to παχυς; inférièure/inférièurs changed to inférieure/inférieurs;
  • Page 329: Nymphæeas changed to Nymphæas;
  • Page 338: —astodon changed to Mastodon;
  • Page 341: Fig. 161 changed to Fig. 160;
  • Page 348: Rhone changed to Rhône as elsewhere;
  • Page 401: chaneled changed to channelled as elsewhere; Fig 186 changed to Fig. 185;
  • Page 413: antedulivian changed to antediluvian;
  • Page 429: Bauman's changed to Baumann's;
  • Page 430: Gailenruth changed to Gailenreuth as elsehwere;
  • Page 452: Varese changed to Varèse;
  • Page 462: Upsal changed to Upsala;
  • Page 470, footnote 117: Epoques changed to Époques as elsewhere;
  • Page 479: Tiniêre changed to Tinière;
  • Page 502: Archeopterix changed to Archeopteryx as in text; Bathonean changed to Bathonian as in text; cervicornus changed to cervicornis as in text;
  • Page 503: second entry Carboniferous Flora aligned with Flora, ditto marks added;
  • Page 504: ditto mark added under Man in Creation of Man for clarity; Cerithium plicatum 250 changed to 350; Coccosteus 141 changed to 142; Coupe d'Ayzac 45, 47 changed to 46, 47;
  • Page 505: Danien changed to Danian as in text; Duvalii changed to Duvallii as in text (the modern spelling is Duvalii, Lyell used Duvallii);
  • Page 508: tichorhynus changed to tichorhinus as in text;
  • Page 509: Igneous, Iguana and Iguanodon moved to proper place in alphabetical order; Kellaway’s changed to Kellaways as in text; Lachow changed to Lächow as in text; lacumosus changed to lacunosus as in text; Leptœna changed to Leptæna as in text;
  • Page 510: Limnea changed to Limnæa as in text; Lithostrotion cornu-arietis changed to Lituites cornu-arietis;
  • Page 511: page numbers added after Mortillet on Glaciers and Mosaic Account of Creation; page reference 737 changed to 73;
  • Page 512: Osmeroïdes changed to Osmeroides as in text;
  • Page 513: Pecopteris, page numbers placed in numerical order; Fustembergii changed to Furstembergii as in text; second reference to Otopteris acuminata removed; Pecten obicularis changed to Pecten orbicularis as in text;
  • Page 514: Podophtalmus changed to Podophthalmus as in text; Purbeck Beds: 27 changed to 279;
  • Page 515: Reptiles, Prevalence of: two entries combined into one; St. Cassian Beds moved to proper alphabetical order; tichorhynus changed to tichorhinus as in text; entries on Sheppey Isle moved to proper alphabetical order;
  • Page 516: Sphærodus changed to Sphœrodus and moved to proper alphabetic place; Sun-Appenine changed to Sub-Apennine; Terebellaria moved to proper place in alphabetical order.