Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation

23 chapters

1. 1VIEWS OF NATURE: OR CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SUBLIME PHENOMENA OF CREATION; WITH SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
2. 2PREFACE BY THE PUBLISHER.
3. 3AUTHOR’S PREFACE, TO THE FIRST EDITION.
4. 4AUTHOR’S PREFACE, TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS.
5. 5CONTENTS
6. 6SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
7. 7ON STEPPES AND DESERTS.
8. 8ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
9. 9ON THE CATARACTS OF THE ORINOCO, Near Atures and Maypures.
10. 10ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
11. 11THE PARROT OF ATURES.
12. 12THE NOCTURNAL LIFE OF ANIMALS IN THE PRIMEVAL FOREST.
13. 13ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
14. 14HYPSOMETRIC ADDENDA.
15. 15IDEAS FOR A PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS.
16. 16ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
17. 17ON THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF VOLCANOS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH.
18. 18EXPLANATORY ADDITIONS.

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