Petralogy. a Treatise On Rocks: a Treatise On Rocks 2
Petralogy. a Treatise On Rocks: a Treatise On Rocks 2
Pinkerton John
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These observations can scarcely demand excuse, as being digressive, for the utility .of any subject is its most laudable quality : .nisi utile est quod facimusy stulta est gloria. JBut to return to considerations more imme- diately connected with the nature of this •work, it must not be forgotten that the .able illustratpr of the Hqttonian thqory, •has treated the subject of . decomposed .rocks, which nmy be said indeed to form %thfe very foundation of that system, with ihis usual talents ; but... not with that long and laborious discussion which was to have been expected on a topic so important to -his purpose. After describing the plain of Crau, at the mouth of the Rhone, a space fof about 20 square leagues coveried with /Cj^oaT'tzose pebbles, and which Sanssure b- ifi^jsved to proceed from tbedecompQsitiQP j23g -i^Mkn t.u ixeoKPotBa of a vast stratum of pudding-stone, whidh underlies the whole ; the intelligent author thus proceeds. owSn^k " ^^^ argument for the decomposition of stony substances, which jp afforded by the state of this singular plain, may be confirmed by the appearances observed in many extensive tracts of land all over the World, and especially in some parts of Great Britain.
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