A dissertation on the antiquity of the earth
Subtitle: read at the Royal society, 12th May, 1785 ...
By: By the Rev. James Douglas ...
Publisher: G. Nicol
Published: 1785
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Paleontology -- Early works to 1800; Earth -- Age
Notes: "Many extravagant notions having been lately propagated on the subject of animal and testaceous petrifactions, I have presumed to transmit ... some important facts, which may possibly admit of data for a more comprehensive inquiry into these phœnomena."--p. [1]