An Elementary Treatise on Geology: Determining Fundamental Points in that Science, and Containing an Examination of Some Modern Geological Systems, and Particularly of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthF.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 - 415 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... ground . 9. Those in defence of Genesis equally premature . 10. Importance of establishing some fundamental points in Geology . 11. Mr. Playfair's Illustrations of the Hut-- tonian Theory one of the latest and most methodical works on ...
... ground . 9. Those in defence of Genesis equally premature . 10. Importance of establishing some fundamental points in Geology . 11. Mr. Playfair's Illustrations of the Hut-- tonian Theory one of the latest and most methodical works on ...
Pàgina xii
... ground of his confidence . 27. No other system could lead to the discussion of so many important geological questions . 28. The origin of the mineral strata one of the greatest objects of this science . 29. Huttonian opinions respecting ...
... ground of his confidence . 27. No other system could lead to the discussion of so many important geological questions . 28. The origin of the mineral strata one of the greatest objects of this science . 29. Huttonian opinions respecting ...
Pàgina xvi
... grounds , but results , in a great measure , from the sand of the sea itself . 97. a . The cascades falling down into the princi pal valley , and the semi - cones of rubbish formed under them against its sides , disprove Mr. Playfair's ...
... grounds , but results , in a great measure , from the sand of the sea itself . 97. a . The cascades falling down into the princi pal valley , and the semi - cones of rubbish formed under them against its sides , disprove Mr. Playfair's ...
Pàgina xvii
... ground , which would then have formed its basin , disagree with Mr. Playfair's own account of alluvial land . 130. Mr. Playfair's second hypothesis of the production of this Jake by the dissolution of a saline stratum . 131-134 . How ...
... ground , which would then have formed its basin , disagree with Mr. Playfair's own account of alluvial land . 130. Mr. Playfair's second hypothesis of the production of this Jake by the dissolution of a saline stratum . 131-134 . How ...
Pàgina xxviii
... ground read globe 96 , ... 2 , for phenomena read phenomenon 103 , bottom line , for as read at first 112 , line 4 fr . the bottom , for disposition read deposition 201 , dele the inverted commas before the 243 , 1. 4 , for takes read ...
... ground read globe 96 , ... 2 , for phenomena read phenomenon 103 , bottom line , for as read at first 112 , line 4 fr . the bottom , for disposition read deposition 201 , dele the inverted commas before the 243 , 1. 4 , for takes read ...
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Pàgina 400 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that Is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; 15 from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Pàgina 389 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Pàgina 392 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Pàgina 385 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Pàgina 389 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Pàgina 399 - And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Pàgina 402 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Pàgina 399 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Pàgina 84 - ... combined with the inequality of hardness in the rocks, prove, that the present line of the shore has been determined by the action of the sea. The naked and precipitous cliffs which overhang the deep, the rocks hollowed, perforated, as they are farther advanced in the sea, and at last insulated, lead to the same conclusion, and mark very clearly so many different stages of decay. It is true, we do not see the successive steps of this progress exemplified in the states of...
Pàgina 89 - Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportioned to its size, and all of them together forming a system of valleys, communicating with one another, and having such a nice adjustment of their declivities, that none of them join the principal valley, either on too high or too low a level...