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Barr’s Buffon.

Buffon’s Natural History.

CONTAINING

A THEORY OF THE EARTH,
A GENERAL
HISTORY OF MAN,
OF THE BRUTE CREATION, AND OF
VEGETABLES, MINERALS,
&c. &c.

FROM THE FRENCH.
WITH NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR.
IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. X.

London:

PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,
AND SOLD BY H. D. SYMONDS, PATERNOSTER-ROW.


1807.

T. Gillet, Printer, Wild-court.

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CONTENTS
OF
THE TENTH VOLUME.

Page
Of the Degeneration of Animals1
Nature and Properties of Minerals, Vegetables, &c.
Light, Heat, and Fire27
Of Air, Water, and Earth75
Experiments on the Progress of Heat in Mineral Substances109
A Table of the Relations of different Mineral Substances135
Observations on the Nature of Platina156
Experiments on Light, and on the Heat it can produce.
Invention of Mirrors to burn at great distances193
Observations and Experiments on Trees and other Vegetables245
On the Temperature of the Planets...

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