Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

Transcribed from the 1844 John Churchill edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION.

THE BODIES OF SPACE, THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION.

CONSTITUENT MATERIALS OF THE EARTH AND OF THE OTHER BODIES OF SPACE.

THE EARTH FORMED—ERA OF THE PRIMARY ROCKS.

COMMENCEMENT OF ORGANIC LIFE— SEA PLANTS, CORALS, ETC.

ERA OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE— FISHES ABUNDANT.

SECONDARY ROCKS. ERA OF THE CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION. LAND FORMED. COMMENCEMENT OF LAND PLANTS.

ERA OF THE NEW RED SANDSTONE. TERRESTRIAL ZOOLOGY COMMENCES WITH REPTILES. FIRST TRACES OF BIRDS.

ERA OF THE OOLITE. COMMENCEMENT OF MAMMALIA.