TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,

ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 13, 1807.

VOLUME THE FIFTH.

Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curae sit, non tantum inventis haerere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora penetrare; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere natoram vincere; denique non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire; tales, tanquam veri scientiamm filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant. Novum Organum, Prafatio.

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PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable Earl COMPTON.

VICE-PRESIDENTS. Rev. WILLIAM BUCKI AND, F.R.S. Prof. Min. HENRY WARBURTON, Esq. F.R.S. Oxford. WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.I>. F.R.S. JOHN MAC CULLOCH, M.D. F.R; & L.S.

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