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Buffon's Natural History, Volume 01 (of 10)
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon and James Smith Barr
Before Darwin, Buffon dared to describe the whole of nature in one grand sweep, and he began with the earth itself. This first volume tackles the formation of the planets and the rival theories of his age, laying the ground for his sprawling natural history. Enlightenment science at its boldest. The opening move of a work that reshaped how Europe saw nature.
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14 chapters
- 1Buffon's Natural History.
- 2CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
- 3PREFACE.
- 4THE THEORY OF THE EARTH.
- 5ARTICLE I. ON THE FORMATION OF THE PLANETS.
- 6ARTICLE II. FROM THE SYSTEM OF WHISTON[115:A].
- 7ARTICLE III. FROM THE SYSTEM OF BURNET.[128:A]
- 8ARTICLE IV. FROM THE SYSTEM OF WOODWARD.
- 9ARTICLE V. EXPOSITION OF SOME OTHER SYSTEMS.
- 10ARTICLE VI. GEOGRAPHY.
- 11ARTICLE VII. ON THE PRODUCTION OF THE STRATA, OR BEDS OF EARTH.
- 12ARTICLE VIII. ON SHELLS, AND OTHER MARINE PRODUCTIONS FOUND IN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF THE EARTH.
- 13ARTICLE IX. ON THE INEQUALITIES OF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
- 14ARTICLE X. OF RIVERS.
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