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| Preliminary Observations, |
1 |
| Plan of the Essay, |
4 |
| First Appearance of the Earth, |
6 |
| First Proofs of Revolutions on the Surface of the Globe, |
6 |
| Proofs that such Revolutions have been numerous, |
10 |
| Proofs that these Revolutions have been sudden, |
14 |
| Proofs of the Occurrence of Revolutions before the Existence of Living Beings, |
16 |
| Examination of the Causes which act at present on the Surface of the Globe, |
23 |
| Of Slips, or Falling Down of the Materials of Mountains, |
25 |
| Of Alluvial Formations, |
26 |
| Of the Formation of Downs, |
28 |
| Of the Formation of Cliffs, or Steep Shores, |
29 |
| Depositions formed in Water, |
30 |
| Of Stalactites, |
31 |
| Of Lithophytes, |
32 |
| Of Incrustations, |
32 |
| Of Volcanoes, |
34 |
| Constant Astronomical Causes, |
36 |
| Older Systems of Geologists, |
38 |
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More Recent Systems, |
41 |
| Diversities of all the Systems, |
44 |
| Causes of these Differences, |
46 |
| Nature and Condition of the Problem, |
46 |
| Progress of Mineral Geology, |
49 |
| Importance of Fossil Remains in Geology, |
51 |
| High importance of the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds, |
53 |
| Small probability of discovering new Species of large Quadrupeds, |
56 |
| Inquiry respecting the Fabulous Animals of the Ancients, |
69 |
| Difficulty of determining the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds, |
82 |
| Principle by which this determination is effected, |
83 |
| View of the general Results of these Researches, |
94 |
| Relations of the Species of Fossil Animals, with the Strata in which they are found, |
95 |
| Proofs that the extinct Species of Quadrupeds are not Varieties of the presently existing Species, |
102 |
| Proofs that there are no Fossil Human Bones, |
114 |
| Physical Proofs of the Newness of the present Continents, |
121 |
| Additions of Land by the action of Rivers, |
123 |
| Progress of Downs, |
133 |
| Peat-mosses and Slips, |
135 |
| The History of Nations confirms the Newness of the Continents, |
137 |
| The very remote Antiquity attributed to certain Nations is not supported by History, |
149 |
| The Astronomical Monuments left by the Ancients do not bear the excessively remote Dates which have been attributed to them, |
201 |
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Table of the Extent of the Zodiacal Constellations, as they are designed upon our Globes, and of the Times required by the Colures to traverse them, |
212 |
| Construction and Use of the Table, |
216 |
| The Zodiac is far from bearing in itself a certain and excessively remote date, |
230 |
| Exaggerations relative to the Antiquity of certain Mining Operations, |
238 |
| General Conclusion relative to the Period of the last Revolution, |
239 |
| Further Researches to be made in Geology, |
240 |
| Recapitulation of the Observations upon the Succession of the Tertiary Formations, |
243 |
| Table of Geological Formations in the Order of their Superposition; by M. A. de Humboldt, |
249 |
| Enumeration of the Fossil Animals recognized by the Author, |
253 |
| Ichthyosaurus, |
255 |
| Plesiosaurus, |
256 |
| Crocodile, |
258 |
| Megalosaurus, |
259 |
| Pterodactylus, |
261 |
| Iguanodon, |
263 |
| Mosasaurus, |
264 |
| Dolphin, |
ib. |
| Lamantin, |
265 |
| Morse, |
265 |
| Palæotherium, |
266 |
| Lophiodon, |
268 |
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Anoplotherium, |
270 |
| Anthracotheria, |
272 |
| Cheropotamus, |
ib. |
| Adapis, |
273 |
| Vespertilio, |
274 |
| Ziphius, |
280 |
| Mammoth, |
280 |
| Mastodon, |
281 |
| Hippopotamus, |
283 |
| Rhinoceros, |
ib. |
| Elasmotherium, |
285 |
| Horse, |
285 |
| Fossil Elk, |
286 |
| Megatherium, |
289 |
| Megalonyx, |
290 |
| Bear, |
291 |
| Man, |
294 |