ge_, chap. iv.

[65] Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth, 1695. Preface.

[66] Ibid.

[67] Consequences of the Deluge, p. 165.

[68] First published in Latin between the years 1680 and 1690.

[69] An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory, &c., 2d ed. 1734.

[70] Ramazzini even asserted, that the ideas of Burnet were
mainly borrowed from a dialogue of one Patrizio; but Brocchi,
after reading that dialogue, assures us that there was scarcely
any other correspondence between these systems, except that both
were equally whimsical.

[71] Dei Corpi Marini, Lettere critiche, &c. 1721.

[72] Brocchi, p. 28.

[73] Ibid. p. 33.

[74] Ibid.

[75] Sui Crostacei ed altri Corpi Marini che si trovano sui
Monti.

[76] Moro does not cite the works of Hooke and Ray; and although
so many of his views were in accordance with theirs, he was
probably ignorant of their writings, for they had not been
translated. As he always refers to the Latin edition of Burnet,
and a French translation of Woodward, we may presume that he did
not read English.

[77] Saggio fisico intorno alla Storia del Mare, part i. p. 24.

[78] "Abbomino al sommo qualsivoglia sistema, che sia di pianta
fabbricato in aria; massime quando e tale, che non possa
sostenersi senza un miracolo," &c.--De' Crostacei e di altre
Produz. del Mare, &c. 1749.

[79] "Senza violenze, senza finzioni, senza supposti, senza
miracoli." De' Crostacei e di altre Produz. del Mare, &c. 1749.

[80] Sui Testacei della Sicilia.

[81] Hist. Nat. tom. v. ad. de l'Imp. Royale, Paris, 1769.

[82] Essai d'une Hist. Nat. des Couches de la Terre, 1759.

[83] John Gesner published at Leyden, in Latin.

[84] Part ii. chap. 9.

[85] Giornale del Criselini, 1759.

[86] See a sketch of the History of English Geology, by Dr.
Fitton, in Edinb. Rev. Feb. 1818, re-edited Lond. and Edinb.
Phil. Mag. vols. i. and ii. 1832-3. Some of Michell's
observations anticipate in so remarkable a manner the theories
established forty years afterwards, that his writings would
probably have formed an era in the science, if his researches had
been uninterrupted. He held, however, his professorship only
eight years, when his career was suddenly cut short by preferment