Letters on the Physical History of the Earth, Addressed to Professor Blumenbach: Containing Geological and Historical Proofs of the Divine Mission of MosesC.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1831 - 422 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... former , a series of Geological Events may be traced , in which we discern only a succession of subor- dinate epochs , without determination of time - Summary view of that series - Origin assigned to the Mineral Strata and to the ...
... former , a series of Geological Events may be traced , in which we discern only a succession of subor- dinate epochs , without determination of time - Summary view of that series - Origin assigned to the Mineral Strata and to the ...
Pàgina 10
... former bed had been imagined ; but by continued observations of terrestrial phenomena , the author was enabled to demonstrate , in the above mentioned work , that all such slow causes were purely imaginary . Geological Chronometers ...
... former bed had been imagined ; but by continued observations of terrestrial phenomena , the author was enabled to demonstrate , in the above mentioned work , that all such slow causes were purely imaginary . Geological Chronometers ...
Pàgina 17
... former times of such lakes , there is no proof . The bottom of the valley , indeed , is flat in the vicinity of Martigny , and between that town and Sion ; but it was in all probability the waters of the ocean , at the time of its ...
... former times of such lakes , there is no proof . The bottom of the valley , indeed , is flat in the vicinity of Martigny , and between that town and Sion ; but it was in all probability the waters of the ocean , at the time of its ...
Pàgina 20
... former , in his Mémoire sur les Pierres Composées et sur les Roches , ( Journal de Physique de Paris , tom . xli . Part ii . p . 42. 1792 , ) " another truth , which appears to me incontestable , and which the works of De Luc have ...
... former , in his Mémoire sur les Pierres Composées et sur les Roches , ( Journal de Physique de Paris , tom . xli . Part ii . p . 42. 1792 , ) " another truth , which appears to me incontestable , and which the works of De Luc have ...
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... former basin . In maintaining the fact of an universal deluge which should have reached the summits of the highest mountains of the present continents , he takes no ac- count of the fate of the plants and animals which must necessarily ...
... former basin . In maintaining the fact of an universal deluge which should have reached the summits of the highest mountains of the present continents , he takes no ac- count of the fate of the plants and animals which must necessarily ...
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Pàgina 174 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Pàgina 190 - 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 196 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Pàgina 177 - 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 174 - 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 190 - 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 191 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Pàgina 91 - To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works.
Pàgina 90 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad* the earth and the heavens.
Pàgina 189 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.