"Most of these Mountains and Inland places whereon……" — Robert Hooke

Most of these Mountains and Inland places whereon these kind of Petrify'd… - Robert Hooke

"Most of these Mountains and Inland places whereon these kind of Petrify'd Bodies and Shells are found at present, or have been heretofore, were formerly under the Water, and that either by the descending of the Waters to another part of the Earth by the alteration of the Centre of Gravity of the whole bulk, or rather by the Eruption of some kind of Subterraneous Fires or Earthquakes, great quantities of Earth have been deserted by the Water and laid bare and dry."

— Robert Hooke

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