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26 CCT 1961
XXXI. Springs, Rivers, Canals, Lakes, Cataracts,
and Inundations
SECT. i. Origin of Springs and Rivers
ii. Principal Rivers in the different Quarters of the
Page
1
ib.
iii. Picturesque Springs, Lakes, Rivers, and Cascades,
2. On the Temperature of the Earth below the Sur.
2. General Survey of Lakes, chiefly worthy of no.
3. Particular Lakes: or such as are entitled to
iii. Formation of Coral Islands
298
301
iv. Supposed Isthmus between Calais and Dover, &c.
V. Saltness and other Chemical Properties of the Ocean 307
vi. On the Tides
1. Newtonian System
317
2. Hypothesis of St. Pierre concerning the Tides
vii. Currents, Gulph-Streams, and Temperature of the
329
Sea
352
viii. On the Motion of Waves, and the effect of Oil in
quieting them
359
ix. On the force of the Rudder and the manner in
which it acts
364
x. On the Velocity of a Vessel compared with that of
the wind
367
xi. On Sweetening Sea-Water
368
xii. On Embankments, Piers, Harbours, and gaining
Land from the Sea
375
xiii. Table of Heights from the Level of the Sea
v. On Capillary Tubes and Siphons
407
vi. On the Force of Mo ture in Raising Burthens
410