A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth,: Read at the Royal Society, 12th May, 1785

affert againſt alfo alluvion alſo animal matter argument bodies calcarious caufe cauſe chalk chemifts coafts Comte de Buffon confequently confiftency conftituent convulfion Dalmatia depofited differtation diffolve Diodorus Siculus diſcovered diſcovery dureté earth eſtabliſh event exiſtence expreffion facred faid falt fame feem fhall fibre fimilar fimple fire and water firft firſt fize flint flood foffil bones foil folid fome font fpecies fpecimens ftate ftrata ftratum fubftance fubject fubterraneous fire fucceffion fuch fufficient fuppofed globe gluten greateſt grès Hippopotamus hiſtory human incognitum indurated inquiry ivory armilla l'eau maffes marine matières moft moſt muft muſt nature obferved occafion original period petrifaction phænomena philofophers phyfical PLATE Pliny prefent preferved principles produced purpoſe reafon refpective remains river Medway rock of Gibraltar Samothracian deluge ſeem ſhall ſhell ſhould ſhow ſmall ſome ſtate ſtill ſtructure ſtudies ſubſtance ſuch teftimony thefe theſe bones theſe iſlands thofe thoſe tion univerfal uſe vitrified καὶ τῆς