Geology as a Science, Applied to the Reclamation of Land from the Sea, the Construction of Harbours, the Formation of Railroads, and the Discovery of Coal: With an Assumed Outline Map of the Granite Formation of the Earth...Ridgway, 1840 - 442 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... the same universal regula- tions of order , harmony , and design . In the inves- tigation before us these impressions shall be our guide . Though we are unable to comprehend the origin of matter and mind , we must at the same 6 ON GEOLOGY.
... the same universal regula- tions of order , harmony , and design . In the inves- tigation before us these impressions shall be our guide . Though we are unable to comprehend the origin of matter and mind , we must at the same 6 ON GEOLOGY.
Pàgina 12
... origin and cause , which is ever active in the preservation of order and harmony throughout the whole uni- verse . If a non - sentient body exhibits proofs of an organising influence , it would be irrational to deny a similar ...
... origin and cause , which is ever active in the preservation of order and harmony throughout the whole uni- verse . If a non - sentient body exhibits proofs of an organising influence , it would be irrational to deny a similar ...
Pàgina 19
... origin of the New World is indeed stamped upon those remark- able features , which its figure bears . On the eastern shore of Behring's Strait the granite formation recommences . From thence , traversing the central regions of the Old ...
... origin of the New World is indeed stamped upon those remark- able features , which its figure bears . On the eastern shore of Behring's Strait the granite formation recommences . From thence , traversing the central regions of the Old ...
Pàgina 20
... origin , cemented and indurated in its primary position , without having either undergone igneous fusion , or fluid attrition . Either of which must have necessarily obliterated the traces of those granulations its appearances exhibit ...
... origin , cemented and indurated in its primary position , without having either undergone igneous fusion , or fluid attrition . Either of which must have necessarily obliterated the traces of those granulations its appearances exhibit ...
Pàgina 54
... origin of the extended plains , which those eternal and sublime works enclose and protect . Works which truly proclaim the designs of Heaven's high purpose and omniscience . More- over , viewed in a light so striking , with the Nor ...
... origin of the extended plains , which those eternal and sublime works enclose and protect . Works which truly proclaim the designs of Heaven's high purpose and omniscience . More- over , viewed in a light so striking , with the Nor ...
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Atlantic Ocean atoms basin Bristol Channel British Channel Cape Cape Lopatka carboniferous limestone Carlisle centre chalk clay coast composed construction course Cumberland curves deposition detritus diluvial beds direction drift driven dry land earth eastern eastwards elevation embayed England estuary extended favourable feet flowing fluid force Geology globe granite granite formation ground gulf stream harbour incidents infinite wisdom Ireland Irish Channel Irish Sea Lancashire laws Liverpool London Maryport material matter means mighty miles in length Morecambe Bay mountains navigation North Sea north-east northern northwards oceanic currents oolite organic Penine chain physical plain prevailing primary Isle railroad red sandstone rest river rocks sand Scotland scour silt Skiddaw soil Solway Frith south Irish Channel south-east south-west southern southwards space Strait of Dover Stranraer tertiary formation tidal action tidal current tide tide-wave tion Tordiff Point trace vale valley Wales wave western shore westwards whilst whinstone Whitehaven Wigton
Passatges populars
Pàgina 361 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Pàgina 438 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Pàgina 363 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Pàgina 132 - For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; and the strength of the hills is his also.
Pàgina 360 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Pàgina 362 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Pàgina 360 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 363 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Pàgina 360 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Pàgina 438 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.