An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth: With Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory of the Earth. Also an Examination of the Reflections on the Theory of the Earth, and a Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New TheoryH. Clements, 1734 - 414 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page 65
... answers to its gravita- tion , and this earth whereof we speak being uniform and every way equally ballanced , there is no reason why it should incline at one end more than at the other towards the Sun , as if you will fuppofe a Ship to ...
... answers to its gravita- tion , and this earth whereof we speak being uniform and every way equally ballanced , there is no reason why it should incline at one end more than at the other towards the Sun , as if you will fuppofe a Ship to ...
Page 69
... answer to its gravity , and the Earth being uniformly ballanced , there is no reason why it fhould incline at one end more than at the other towards the Sun. This he illustrates by the fimilitude of a Ship equally ballanc'd , and placed ...
... answer to its gravity , and the Earth being uniformly ballanced , there is no reason why it fhould incline at one end more than at the other towards the Sun. This he illustrates by the fimilitude of a Ship equally ballanc'd , and placed ...
Page 76
... these confiderations leaving them to be a recom- pence for the greater influence of the Sun which the Theorift fays it had upon the An- tediluvian earth . From From hence we may fully answer an ob- jection of 76 An Examination.
... these confiderations leaving them to be a recom- pence for the greater influence of the Sun which the Theorift fays it had upon the An- tediluvian earth . From From hence we may fully answer an ob- jection of 76 An Examination.
Page 77
... answer an ob- jection of the Atheists against a providence , for fay they , where is the wifdom of the Creator in having fo much useless Sea to no purpose and fo little dry Land , for which men are every day fighting , might not the ...
... answer an ob- jection of the Atheists against a providence , for fay they , where is the wifdom of the Creator in having fo much useless Sea to no purpose and fo little dry Land , for which men are every day fighting , might not the ...
Page 109
... of the fame Figure . But the Theorift in his Latin Edition of the Theory , as alfo in his Answer to Mr. Warren , feems to infinuate , that the only way to find the the true Figure of the Earth is by measuring of Of the Theory . 109.
... of the fame Figure . But the Theorift in his Latin Edition of the Theory , as alfo in his Answer to Mr. Warren , feems to infinuate , that the only way to find the the true Figure of the Earth is by measuring of Of the Theory . 109.
Other editions - View all
An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth: With Some Remarks on Mr ... John Keill,John Maupertuis No preview available - 2013 |
Common terms and phrases
abfolutely Abyfs Abyſs affertion againſt alfo alſo anſwer Antediluvian Atmoſphere attraction Axis becauſe Bodies cafe caufes cauſe Center centrifugal force Chaos Comet confequently confiderable Cruft Cycloids defcribe Defender defign Deluge demonftrated Diameter diſtance diurnal motion diurnal rotation eafily Ecliptick endeavour equal Equator faid falfe fall fame fays fecond feems felf fenfe fhew fhould fiffures Figure fince firft fluid fmall folid fome fquare ftill fuch fufficient fuppofe fuppofition fure furface gravity greateſt heat himſelf Hypothefis impoffible leaft leaſt lefs luge matter miles Mofes moft Monf moſt motion Mountains move muft muſt nature neceffary Obfervations Ocean paffed Philofophers plain Planets poffible pofition Poles prefent preffed preffure Primitive Earth principles proportion purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon refiftance reft reprefent rife Rivers Scriptures ſpace Spheroid ſuppoſes thefe themſelves thence Theorift Theory theſe thing thofe thoſe thro tion underſtand univerfal uſe vapours Weft weight Whifton whofe
Popular passages
Page 236 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 237 - God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Page 236 - 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.
Page 2 - ... quite another law from this ; for the fquares of their periodical times are always as the cubes of their diftances, and therefore fince they do not obferve that law, which of neceffity they muft, if they fwim in a vortex, it is a demonftration that there are no vortices, in which the planets are carried round the fun.
Page 236 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Page 31 - ... which being once filled, all the overplus of water that comes thither runs over by the lowest place, and breaking out by the sides of the hills forms single springs...
Page 17 - Heaven and the earth ; and the earth was without form, and void, and darknefs was upon the face of the deep ; and the fpirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Page 30 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 31 - Valleys between the Ridges of the Hills, and coming to unite, form little Rivulets or Brooks : many of thefe again meeting in one common Valley, and gaining the plain Ground, being grown...