Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting Parts of the Science, Together with an Examination of the Question, Whether the Days of Creation Were Indefinite Periods : Designed for the Use of Schools and General ReadersRobinson, Pratt, & Company, 1837 - 384 pages |
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... effects only are as in the case of volcanoes and earthquakes . instances , the leading facts are admitted by all , but men en to account for them in different ways , and thus differ- es have been proposed , to solve the same phenomena ...
... effects only are as in the case of volcanoes and earthquakes . instances , the leading facts are admitted by all , but men en to account for them in different ways , and thus differ- es have been proposed , to solve the same phenomena ...
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... effect has been such as to produce from 30 to where the original number was only four . ind that these dislocations are marks of wisdom and as well as of power ; and that this earth would have ly fitted for the residence and comfort of ...
... effect has been such as to produce from 30 to where the original number was only four . ind that these dislocations are marks of wisdom and as well as of power ; and that this earth would have ly fitted for the residence and comfort of ...
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... effects of in Massachusetts , 87 ammonites , orthroceratites , nautilus , ossils above , 191 Denon on sand downs , 73 salt , 205 Density of the earth , 31 nd islands , 74 Diluvial action , . 88 292 Diluvium , . 172 of , 360 ...
... effects of in Massachusetts , 87 ammonites , orthroceratites , nautilus , ossils above , 191 Denon on sand downs , 73 salt , 205 Density of the earth , 31 nd islands , 74 Diluvial action , . 88 292 Diluvium , . 172 of , 360 ...
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... effects of , 213 delta of in the Adriatic , 148 Pompeii , destruction of , 125-137 Porphyry , ory of the deluge , 309 Primary rocks , 319 280 Quadrupeds , fossil , 79 40 63 108 • 150 ount of , from Cot- 18 , n , Rock salt , origin of ...
... effects of , 213 delta of in the Adriatic , 148 Pompeii , destruction of , 125-137 Porphyry , ory of the deluge , 309 Primary rocks , 319 280 Quadrupeds , fossil , 79 40 63 108 • 150 ount of , from Cot- 18 , n , Rock salt , origin of ...
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... effects of , ish coasts , the , . 215 hanged , position of , 67 33 S , er water , 162 .164 69 70 Stonesfield , remains found in , 264 Strata , arrangement of shells in , 304 more ancient than Genesis allows , . 351 our ignorance ...
... effects of , ish coasts , the , . 215 hanged , position of , 67 33 S , er water , 162 .164 69 70 Stonesfield , remains found in , 264 Strata , arrangement of shells in , 304 more ancient than Genesis allows , . 351 our ignorance ...
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Page 341 - 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.
Page 318 - Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth"; 1 VOID : empty.
Page 328 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 321 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 323 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth and in the open firmament of heaven.
Page 368 - God said, Let there be light: let there be a firmament: let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place: let the earth bring forth: let there be lights in the firmament of heaven.
Page 335 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Page 140 - ... processes. They are found in elevations far above the level of every part of the ocean, and in places to which the sea could not be conveyed by any existing cause. They are not only inclosed in loose sand, but are often incrusted and penetrated on all sides by the hardest stones.
Page 369 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Page 99 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth...