An examination of Dr. Crawford's theory of heat and combustion / by William Morgan.
- William Morgan
- Date:
- 1781
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An examination of Dr. Crawford's theory of heat and combustion / by William Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![t 7° ] Death its furface.* But fince Dr. C.’s folutfon. of the phaenomcna attending artificial earth- quakes labours under fo many difficulties, and the mixtures which he fuppofes to happen in the real ones are merely conjedtural, 1 ffiall beg leave to decline the further confideration of this fubjedt. Upon the whole, I wiffi Dr. Crawford had employed his abilities in making a greater number of Experiments, and in a more thorough invefligation of his theory before he propofed it. He fhould confider, that this is an age that is too ready to adopt new theories, and that much harm is done by fuch theories when wrong, by putting us back in the purfuit of truth, and occafioning a fad wafte of that time and attention of philofophers in clearing away rubbifh, which fhould be employed in railing and improving the fuperftrudture of knowledge. I will only add tnat I refpedf: his character, and that I am perfuaded he means nothing but the advancement of fcience •, and that fhould he, contrary to my expectations, by any new evidence remove my objections or eftablifh his theory, I fhall thank him, and re- tradt any miftakes into which I may have fallen. * Dr. C.’s Treatife, page 113. FINIS.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21513958_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
