See also p.

132.
[80] Cuvier, in a footnote to his _Discours_ (sixth edition, p.

49), in referring to this view, states that it originated with Rodig (_La Physique_, p.

106, Leipzig, 1801) and De Maillet (_Telliamed_, tome ii., p.

169), "also an infinity of new German works." He adds: "M.