Buffon's Natural History, Volume 01 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &cBuffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
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Buffon's Natural History, Volume 01 (of 10): Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &c
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
Natural history
Page 94: that fire cannot[original has "connot"] subsist
Page 94: planets at[original has "as"] the time of their
quitting the sun
Page 97: there will be detached[original has "detatched"] from
its equator
Page 104: which are as 229 to 230.[period missing in original]
Page 155: ARTICLE VI.[original has "VII."]
Page 182: conjecture is so much the better[original has
"bettter"] founded
Page 189: where the pits are very deep[original has "deeep"]
Page 192: 23. Sand streaked red[original has "read"] and white
Page 194: In plains surrounded[original has "surounded"] with
hills
Page 198: in France, Flanders, Holland, Spain,[comma missing
in original] Italy
Page 199: 10 of sand, then 2 feet of["of" missing in original]
clay
Page 203: either birds or terrestrial animals."[quotation mark
missing in original]
Page 210: the Alps, and the Apennine[original has "Appenine"]
mountains
Page 225: time much longer than a year."[quotation mark
missing in original]
Page 228: formation is novel, in[original has "n"] comparison
Page 256: resemblance is perfectly exact."[quotation mark
missing in original]
[78:A] Vide Newton, 2d edit. page 525.[period missing in
original]
[177:A] Footnote letter missing in original.
[178:A] See the Hist. of New France, by the Pere Charlevoix.
[letter and period missing in original.
[234:A] See Shaw's Voyages, Vol. ii[original has "11"], pages
40 and 41.
[240:B] Voyage of Paul Lucus, Vol. II[original has "11"], page
380.
[329:A] above the surface of the water.[original has a comma]
[330:A] See the Voyages of Lade, vol. ii.[original has "11"]
page 305, &.
[332:A] Voyage of the Dutch to the North, vol. 1, 3.[original
has a comma] Page 49.
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