...his treatise on the long continued operation of causes of daily occurrence, than on the con sequences of such occasional catastrophes, and that many might...forming a part of the present economy of nature." Such a notion, indeed, would be quite at variance with the general tenor of my work on Volcanos, the...

...the present day, who take a different view of such phenomena, still adhere to the doctrine maintaiaed by their predecessors, who, to use Mr Lyell's words,...of Active and Extinct Volcanos. By Charles Daubeny, MDFHS &c. &c. 9vo. London, 1826. Such a notion, indeed, would be quite at variance with the general...

...surface are referable. The first observers conceived that the monuments which the Geologist endeavors to decipher relate to a period when the physical constitution...been causes in action distinct in kind or degree from these now forming part of the economy of nature. These views have been gradually modified, and some...

...surface are referable. The first observers conceived that the monuments which the Geologist endeavors to decipher relate to a period when the physical constitution...been causes in action distinct in kind or degree from these now forming part of the economy of nature. These views have been gradually modified, and some...

...surface are referable. The first observers conceived that the monuments which the Geologist endeavors to decipher relate to a period when the physical constitution...been causes in action distinct in kind or degree from these now forming part of the economy of nature. These views have been gradually modified, and some...