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A SURVEY OF THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE CREATION:
A COMPENDIUM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
IN TWO VOLUMES BY JOHN WESLEY

"These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! Thine this universal frame,Thus wond'rous fair! Thyself how wond'rous then."

Milton

Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
Printed and Published by William Hamilton
1810

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction - Of the Gradual Improvement of Natural Philosophy

Part I - Of Man

Part II - Of Brutes

Part III - Of Plants and Fossils

Part IV - Of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Meteors

Part V - Of the System of the World, Heavenly Bodies, Properties and Causes of Natural Bodies

Abridgment of the Contemplation of Nature by Mr. Bonnet of Geneva

Chapter 1

Chapter 4

Chapter 7

Chapter 10

Chapter 2

Chapter 5

Chapter 8

Chapter 11

Chapter 3

Chapter 6

Chapter 9

Chapter 12

Extract of Mr. Duten's Inquiry Into the Origin of the Discoveries Attributed to the Moderns

Appendix
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