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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... valleys , the transportation of granite blocks , & c . Some of these observations will be inserted in this Introduction , and others annexed in the form of notes to the Letters , as the different subjects under consideration shall ...
... valleys , the transportation of granite blocks , & c . Some of these observations will be inserted in this Introduction , and others annexed in the form of notes to the Letters , as the different subjects under consideration shall ...
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... valleys , as towards the plains . The detached fragments are accumulated at their feet , and " rise against them with that kind of slope , which , in fortification , is called a talus , being formed by materials rolling down over each ...
... valleys , as towards the plains . The detached fragments are accumulated at their feet , and " rise against them with that kind of slope , which , in fortification , is called a talus , being formed by materials rolling down over each ...
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... valley of Campan may then be regarded as presenting by anticipation that appearance of repose described by De Luc , who has foreseen what mankind are to expect in regard to the perfectibility of our continents . Such will be all the valleys ...
... valley of Campan may then be regarded as presenting by anticipation that appearance of repose described by De Luc , who has foreseen what mankind are to expect in regard to the perfectibility of our continents . Such will be all the valleys ...
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... valleys which have their beds levelled , I came to the conclusion that such a state was produced by the waters of the ocean which levelled the valleys by the sedimentary matter they conveyed and deposited . The rivers may have ...
... valleys which have their beds levelled , I came to the conclusion that such a state was produced by the waters of the ocean which levelled the valleys by the sedimentary matter they conveyed and deposited . The rivers may have ...
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... valley of Chamouni , situated on the opposite side of the central chain , expresses himself as follows : - " The blocks of stone with which the bottom of this glacier is loaded , lead to an impor- tant reflection . When we consider the ...
... valley of Chamouni , situated on the opposite side of the central chain , expresses himself as follows : - " The blocks of stone with which the bottom of this glacier is loaded , lead to an impor- tant reflection . When we consider the ...
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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.