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GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY

CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO

NATURAL THEOLOGY

THE REV. WILLIAM BUCKLAND, D.D.

CANON OF CHRIST CHURCH AND READER IN GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON

WILLIAM PICKERING

1837

Titlepage of Bridgewater Treatise VI

NOTICE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BRIDGEWATER TREATISES

Titlepage of Buckland, Geology, Volume I

Titlepage of Buckland, Geology Volume II

SUPERSCRIPTION

DEDICATION

PREFACE

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

Chapter	Title	Page
CHAP. I.	Extent of the Province of Geology	1
CHAP. II.	Consistency of Geological Discoveries with Sacred History	8
CHAP. III.	Proper subjects of Geological Inquiry	34
CHAP. IV.	Relation of Unstratified to Stratified Rocks	38
CHAP. V.	Volcanic Rocks, Basalt, and Trap	46
CHAP. VI.	Primary stratified Rocks	50
CHAP. VII.	Strata of the Transition Series	60
	Remains of Vegetables in the Transition Series	63
CHAP. VIII.	Strata of the Secondary Series	67
CHAP. IX.	Strata of the Tertiary Series	76
	Mammalia of the Eocene Period	81
	Mammalia of the Miocene Period	90
	Mammalia of the Pliocene Period	92
CHAP. X.	Relations of the Earth and its Inhabitants to Man	97
CHAP. XI.	Supposed cases of Fossil Human Bones	103
CHAP. XII.	General History of Fossil Organic Remains	106
	Cases of Animals destroyed suddenly	121
CHAP. XIII.	Aggregate of Animal Enjoyment increased, and that of Pain diminished by the existence of Carnivorous Races	129

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CHAP. XIV	Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Vertebrated Animals	135
§I.	Fossil Mammalia — Dinotherium	135
II.	Megatherium	139
III.	Fossil Saurians	165
IV.	Ichthyosaurus	168
V.	Intestinal Structure of Ichthyosaurus and of Fossil Fishes	187
VI.	Plesiosaurus	202
VII.	Mosasaurus, or great Animal of Maestricht	215
VIII.	Pterodactyle	221
IX.	Megalosaurus	234
X.	Iguanodon	240
XI.	Amphibious Animals allied to Crocodiles	249
XII.	Fossil Tortoises or Testudinata	255
XIII.	Fossil Fishes	264
	Sauroid Fishes in the Order Ganoid	273
	Fishes in Strata of the Carboniferous Order	278
	Fishes of the Magnesian Limestone, or Zechstein	280
	Fishes of the Muschel-kalk, Lias, and Oolite Formations	281
	Fishes of the Chalk Formation	283
	Fishes of the Tertiary Formations	284
	Family of Sharks	286
	Fossil Spines, or Ichthyodorulites	288
	Fossil Rays	291
	Conclusion	292
CHAP. XV.	Proofs of Design in the Fossil Remains of Mollusks	295
§I.	Fossil Univalve and Bivalve Shells	295
II.	Fossil Remains of naked Mollusks, Pens and Ink bags of Loligo	303
III.	Proofs of Design in the Mechanism of Fossil Chambered Shells	310
	Mechanical Contrivances in the Nautilus	314
IV.	Amrnonites	333

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V.	Nautilus Sypho and Nautilus Zic Zac	357
VI.	Chambered Shells allied to Nautili, and Ammonites	361
VII.	Belemnite	371
VIII.	Foraminated Polythalamous Shells. Nummulites. Miliola.	381
CHAP. XVI.	Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Articulated Animals.	386
I.	First Class of Articulated Animals	386
	Fossil Annelidans	386
II.	Second Class of Articulated Animals	387
	FossilCrustaceans	387
	Trilobites	389
III.	Third Class of Articulated Animals	404
	Fossil Arachnidans	404
	Fossil Spiders	405
	Fossil Scorpions	406
IV.	Fourth Class of Articulated Animals	409
	Fossil Insects	409
CHAP. XVII.	Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Radiated Animals, or Zoophytes	414
§I.	Fossil Echinoderms	415
	Echinidans and Stelleridans	415
	Crinoideans	416
	Encrinites Moniliformis	421
	Pentacrinites	432
II.	Fossil Remains of Polypes	442
CHAP. XVIII.	Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Vegetables	450
§I.	General History of Fossil Vegetables	450
II.	Vegetables in Strata of the Transition Series	459
	Equisetaceæ	459
	Ferns	461
	Lepidodendron	466
	Sigillaria	469
	Favularia, Megaphyton, Bothrodendron, Ulodendron	474

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	Stigmaria	476
	Fossil Coniferæ	483
III.	Vegetables in Strata of the Secondary Series	490
	Fossil Cycadeæ	490
	Fossil Pandaneæ	503
IV.	Vegetables in Strata of the Tertiary Series	507
	Fossil Palms	512
	Conclusion	520
CHAP. XIX.	Proofs of Design in the Dispositions of Strata of the Carboniferous Order	524
CHAP. XX.	Proofs of Design in the Effect of Disturbing Forces on the Strata of the Earth	539
CHAP. XXI.	Advantageous Effect of Disturbing Forces in giving Origin to Mineral Veins	548
CHAP. XXII.	Adaptations of the Earth to afford Supplies of Water through the Medium of Springs	556
CHAP. XXIII.	Proofs of Design in the Structure and Composition of Unorganized Mineral Bodies	571
CHAP. XXIV.	Conclusion	580

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