An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Earth,: And Terrestrial Bodyes, Especialy Minerals: as Also of the Sea, Rivers, and Springs. : With an Account of the Universal Deluge: and of the Effects that it Had Upon the EarthA. Bettesworth and W. Taylor ... R. Gosling ... and J. Clarke, 1723 - 304 pages |
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