An Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth : And Terrestrial Bodyes, Especially Minerals

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Originally published in 1695 and here reissued in its 1723 third edition, this work by the physician and natural historian John Woodward (c.1665–1728) attempts to link fossils to the biblical flood to support his theories about the Earth's physical history. This immediately prompted a heated debate among scientific contemporaries.