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Notes Respecting the Origin of the World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2016

Thomas Harrison*
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Melbourne
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page 412 note * In New Zealand there is said to be miles and miles of fine steel-dust covering the seabeach to a considerable depth; this dust is supposed to be ejected by volcanic action.

page 412 note † So far, most part of the above theory is identical with that of Ampere, M., noticed in the ‘Edinburgh Philosophical Journal,’ vol. xviii. p. 339 Google Scholar. The author, however, begs to state that he never heard of M. Ampère's theory until long after hit own had been elaborated.