Transcription: The great elevation of the mountain peaks above the sphere of the water may have resulted from the fact that a very large space of the earth which is filled with water, that is the immense cavern, must have fallen for a considerable portion of its vault toward the center of the world, finding itself pierced by the subterranean water courses which continually wear away the place through which they pass. And the earth and the mountains will emerge out of the sphere of the water, lightened by this fallen part. and will also make itself lighter by the weight of the water which formerly rested upon ...
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