Preached as sixteen sermons for the Boyle Lectures at St Mary-le-Bow in 1711 and 1712, and published with copious notes, Derham’s survey of the terraqueous globe argues from the shape of the earth, the air, water, light and gravity, and the bodies of animals and men, that the world shows the wisdom and design of its Creator.
A landmark of English natural theology and a rich record of what an early Fellow of the Royal Society knew of nature. Download the free EPUB.