Α NEW SYSTEM OF GEOLOGY, IN WHICH THE GREAT REVOLUTIONS OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE, ARE RECONCILED AT ONCE TO MODERN SCIENCE AND SACRED HISTORY. BY ANDREW URE, M.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND LECTURER ON CHEMISTRY LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, & GREEN. M.DCCC.XXIX. THE GIFT OF BARNARD SHIPP OF VA CONTENTS. Cosmogony of the Greeks-Idolatry of the learned, Bacon on intercourse of Science and Revelation, Illogical procedure of geological theorists, Geology of Hutton and Werner alike ideal, Sun not the molten parent of the planets, Arrangement and importance of organic remains, THE PRIMORDIAL WORLD, OR CREATION. Light existed before the sun and is independent of his beams, Vibratory diffusion of light by advancing and receding pulses, 75 |