Works of Saint-Pierre, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from Works of Saint-Pierre, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising His Studies of Nature, Paul and Virginia, and Indian CottageObservations on the bed of the sea - Currents of the ocean - Courses of the tides - Whirlpools l'ides of the Orkneys - Counter currents occasion the tides of Europe and america-course of the current of the North Pole - Tides of the solstices and equinoxesa-ebb and dood - Tides of the South Pole - Thawing of ice - Icelands - Equilibrium be tween the Poles - Total efi'usions of the Polar ices sufficient to produce a general deluge - The an thor's theory of the general deluge - The two principal currents of the ocean - Mouths of rivers, use of islands in them, &c., - Lofty peaks possess the property of attracting clouds - Lakes near the sources of rivers - Mountains of islands - Peak of Tenerifi'e - In¿uence of the sandy zones on the Polar ices - Periodical removals of sands - Vol canoes - Formation of strata of marl and tlints, &c., - Sources of the Atlantic ocean - Elevation of the Poles - Elongation of the earth at the Poles - Ems sions of the Polar ices - Periodical currents of the Atlantic ocean - Observations on the migration of fishes, and their forms - Marine plants, &c., About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.