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قراءة كتاب Buffon's Natural History, Volume II (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &c
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Buffon's Natural History, Volume II (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Mineral, &c. &c
This eBook contains several links to Buffon's Natural Histroy Vol. I on The Internet Archive.
Barr's Buffon.
Buffon's Natural History.
CONTAINING
A THEORY OF THE EARTH,
A GENERAL
HISTORY OF MAN,
OF THE BRUTE CREATION, AND OF
VEGETABLES, MINERALS,
&c. &c.
FROM THE FRENCH.
WITH NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR.
IN TEN VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,
SOLD AND BY H. D. SYMONDS, PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1797.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
Proof of the Theory of the Earth.
| Page | ||
| Article XI. | Of Seas and Lakes | 1 |
| Article XII. | Of the Flux and Reflux | 58 |
| Article XIII. |
Of the Inequalities at the Bottom of the Sea, and of Currents |
71 |
| Article XIV. | Of regular Winds | 86 |
| Article XV. |
Of irregular Winds, Hurricanes, and other Phenomena, caused by the Agitation of the Sea and Air |
108 |
| Article XVI. | Of Volcanos and Earthquakes | 133 |
| Article XVII. |
Of New Islands, Caverns, Perpendicular Clefts, &c. |
171 |
| Article XVIII. |
Of the Effects of Rain—of Marshes, Subterraneous Wood and Water |
205 |
| Article XIX. |
Of the Changes of Land into Sea and Sea into Land |
247 |
|
Conclusion of the Theory of the Earth |
251 | |
History of Animals.
| Chapter I. |
A comparison between Animals, Vegetables and other Productions of Nature |
255 |
| Chapter II. | Of Reproduction in general | 272 |
| Chapter III. | Of Nutrition and Growth | 298 |
| Chapter IV. | Of the Generation of Animals | 311 |
| Chapter V. | Exposition of the Systems in Generation | 329 |
BUFFON's
NATURAL HISTORY.
PROOF OF THE THEORY OF THE EARTH.
ARTICLE XI.
OF SEAS AND LAKES.
The ocean surrounds the earth on all sides, and penetrates into the interior parts of different countries, often by large openings, and frequently by small straits; it forms mediterranean seas, some of which participate of its motions of flux and reflux, and others seem to have nothing in common with it except the continuity of water. We shall follow the ocean through all its extent and windings, enumerating at the same time all the mediterranean seas, and endeavour to distinguish them from those which should be only called bays, or gulphs, and lakes.
The sea which washes the western coasts of France forms a gulph between Spain and Britain; this gulph, which mariners call the Bay of Biscay, is very open, and the point which projects farthest inland is between Bayonne and St. Sebastian; another great projection is between Rochelle and Rochefort: this gulph begins at Cape Ortegal, and ends at Brest, where a strait commences between the south point of Britain and Cape Lizard. This strait, which at first is very large, forms a small gulph in Normandy, the most projecting point of which is