Geological Cosmogony, Or, An Examination of the Geological Theory of the Origin and Antiquity of the Earth and of the Causes and Object of the Changes it Has UndergoneRobert Carter, 1843 - 167 páginas |
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... thickness , ' like that of the Gneiss , can- not be ascertained , on account of the inter- vention of other rocks . ' Their mode of for- most striking char- mation is proved by the acters to have been the same as that of the Gneiss . If ...
... thickness , ' like that of the Gneiss , can- not be ascertained , on account of the inter- vention of other rocks . ' Their mode of for- most striking char- mation is proved by the acters to have been the same as that of the Gneiss . If ...
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... thickness of these strata we know to be enormous . These depths are discov- ered by geological observations and inferen- ces - that they extend to many miles was also proved . We have every reason to know from what is taking place on ...
... thickness of these strata we know to be enormous . These depths are discov- ered by geological observations and inferen- ces - that they extend to many miles was also proved . We have every reason to know from what is taking place on ...
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... thickness , found in some parts of Great Britain , more abundantly in Ireland , and either in resemblance , or in equivalence , in many foreign regions . Next we come to the mountain limestone , consisting almost entire- ly of the ...
... thickness , found in some parts of Great Britain , more abundantly in Ireland , and either in resemblance , or in equivalence , in many foreign regions . Next we come to the mountain limestone , consisting almost entire- ly of the ...
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... thickness of three thousand feet . The new red sandstone , advances us about another thousand feet . " Other changes implying probably some alteration in the disposition , and consequently the action of the fiery gulf below , marked the ...
... thickness of three thousand feet . The new red sandstone , advances us about another thousand feet . " Other changes implying probably some alteration in the disposition , and consequently the action of the fiery gulf below , marked the ...
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... thickness of six or eight hundred feet . When we have mounted to the most recent of those later formations , immediately below the soil on which we tread , we find enormous masses of gravel and other trans- ported materials demonstrated ...
... thickness of six or eight hundred feet . When we have mounted to the most recent of those later formations , immediately below the soil on which we tread , we find enormous masses of gravel and other trans- ported materials demonstrated ...
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antiquity apostacy appear atmosphere beds Caspian sea changes climate coal formation commenced comminuted condition created creation creatures crust crystalline rocks Deluge depth detritus dition dry land duration earth effects elevated evidence existed extent facts feet flood formed fossil fossil remains geological period geological theory geological writers geologists globe Gneiss gradual operation granite growth heat heaven hypothesis igneous fluidity inferences inhumed interposition limestone Lord lower luge masses materials matter ment miles millions miracle moral reason Mosaic record mountains narrative natural causes nebular nebular hypothesis Noah object occasion occupied ocean origin period phenomena physical plants and animals portion position primeval primitive rocks prior process of stratification produced regions relics render respecting ROBERT CARTER Scripture second causes sedimentary deposits sedimentary rocks six days soil spect strata stratified rocks stratum subsidence supposed supposition surface taken place terrestrial plants tertiary thickness Thou tion vegetable whole
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Página 140 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Página 165 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Página 163 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water, and in the water; 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished...
Página 147 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Página 140 - And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off" any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Página 139 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Página 148 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 163 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Página 164 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Página 163 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.