reproduced from original documents in the library holdings of

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Copyright © 2002 by Dr. David C. Bossard

Figure 1: Human skeleton,

found in the Travertine at Guadeloupe

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engravings:

Explanation of the Engravings — 253 254

Figure 1: Human Skeleton

Figure 2: Upper Jaw of Anoplotherium Leporinum

Figure 3 and 4: Portion of the Skeleton of a Bat

Figure 5 and 6: Lower Jaw of narrow-toothed Mastodon.

Figure 7: Skeleton of the Ibis (THIS PLATE IS MISSING)

Figure 8: The Numenius Ibis.

Figure 9: Outline of the Ibis, drawn from an Egyptian monument.

Figure 10: Beak of a mummy Ibis.

CONTENTS.

Introductory Observations — 001 002 003 004 005

First Proofs of Revolutions — 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017

Examination of the Causes Which Operate at Present — 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027

Ancient Systems of Geologists — 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036

Importance of Fossils in Geology — 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067

Relations of the Species with the Strata — 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086

Physical Proofs of the Newness of the Present State of the Continents — 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103

The History of Nations Confirms the Newness of the Continents — 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149

The Astronomical Monuments of the Ancients — 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

Ideas of Researches to be Still Farther Made in Geology — 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

Enumeration of the Fossil Animals Detected by the Author — 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221

Description of the bird called the Ibis by the Ancient Egyptians — 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246



Numenius Ibis

shown here 1/7 real size

(actual height 22 inches)

Larger Image

Glossary of Terms — 247 248 249 250

Index — 251 252



Explanation of the Engravings — 253 254

