Hamilton on Mountains
From University Of St Andrews Library Transcription Platform
Possibly: Philosophical Essays on the following subjects: I. On the Ascent of Vapours, the Formation of Clouds, Rain and Dew, and on several other Phoenomena of Air and Water. II. Observations and Conjectures on the Nature of the Aurora Borealis, and the Tails of Comets. III. On the Principles of Mechanicks. By Hugh Hamilton, D. D. F. R. S. Professor of Philosophy in the University of Dublin. (Dublin : Printed by William Sleater at Pope's Head in Castle-Street, 1767). http://library.st-andrews.ac.uk/record=b2498363~S1; Full text at: https://tinyurl.com/ya4vbt3f References to "mountains" pp. 54 ff.
