TH E R E V . W IL L IAM B U C K L A N D , D. D . F. R. S.
CANON OP CHRIST CH U R C H, AND READER IN GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
IN T H E UNIVERS ITY O P OXFORD.
ON GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY.
T H E R E V . W IL L IAM K IR B Y , M. A . F. R. S.
ON THE HISTORY, HABITS, AND INSTINCTS OF ANIMALS.
W IL L IAM P R O U T , M .D . F .R .S .
CHEMISTRY, METEOROLOGY, AND THE FUNCTION OF
DIGESTION, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO
NATURAL THEOLOGY.
H is R o y a l H ig h n e s s t h e D u k e o f S u s s e x , President
of the Royal Society, having desired that no unnecessary
delay should take place in the publication o f the
above mentioned treatises, they will appear at short intervals,
as they are ready for publication.
CONTENTS
OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
Page
ap. I. Extent of the Province of Geology ..................... 1
II. Consistency of Geological Discoveries with Sacred
History......................................................................
III. Proper subjects of Geological Inquiry................ 34
IV. Relation of Unstratified to Stratified Rocks----- 38
V. Volcanic Rocks, Basalt, and T rap ........................ 46
VI. Primary stratified Ro cks.......................................... 50
VII. Strata of the Transition Series ....................... • • • 60
Remains of Vegetables in the Transition
Series............................................... 63
VIII. Strata of the Secondary S e r ie s............................... 67
IX. Strata of the Tertiary Series....... ........................ 76
Mammalia of the Eocene P e r io d .................... 81
Mammalia of the Miocene Period................... 90
Mammalia of the Pliocene Period.................... 92
X Relations of the Earth and its Inhabitants to
M a n ............... *.............................................. .. 97
XI. Supposed cases of Fossil Human Bones............... 103
XII. General History of Fossil Organic Remains----- 106
Cases of Animals destroyed suddenly-----121
XIII. Aggregate of Animal Enjoyment increased, and
that of Pain diminished by the existence of
Carni, vorous nR aces................................................. 129