f. Geognostical epochs, which are indicated by the mineralogical difference
of rocks, have determined the distribution of solids and fluids into
continents and seas. Individual configuration of solids into horizontal
expansion and vertical elevation. Relations of area. Articulation.
Probability of the continued elevation of the earth's crust in ridges -- p.
284-301.

g. Liquid and aeriform envelopes of the solid surface of our planet.
Distribution of heat in both. The sea. The tides. Currents and their
effects -- p. 301-311.

h. The atmosphere. Its chemical composition. Fluctuations in its density.
Law of the direction of the winds. Mean temperature. Enumeration of the
causes which tend to raise and lower the temperature. Continental and
insular climates. East and west coasts. Cause of the curvature of the
isothermal lines. Limits of perpetual snow. Quantity of vapor.
Electricity in the atmosphere. Forms of the clouds -- p. 311-339.

i. Separation of inorganic terrestrial life from the geography of vital
organisms; the geography of vegetables and animals. Physical gradations of
the human race -- p. 339-359.


Special Analysis of the Delineation of Nature, including References to the
Subjects treated of in the Notes.

I. Celestial Portion of the Cosmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.
83-154

The universe and all that it comprises -- multiform nebulous spots,