A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical GeologiesOgle, Duncan, and Company, 1822 - 460 páginas |
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... present tract not be the last thus adventurously put forward . & With respect to the argument of the present work , it is my wish , not to an- ticipate it in a preface ; but , to leave it to unfold itself to the reader in the perusal ...
... present tract not be the last thus adventurously put forward . & With respect to the argument of the present work , it is my wish , not to an- ticipate it in a preface ; but , to leave it to unfold itself to the reader in the perusal ...
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... present earth by the waters of the sea . These several characters , unequivocally marked , and of late years observed with peculiar ardour and appli- cation , have excited the ambition of science to investigate , and to endeavour to ...
... present earth by the waters of the sea . These several characters , unequivocally marked , and of late years observed with peculiar ardour and appli- cation , have excited the ambition of science to investigate , and to endeavour to ...
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... present themselves to us , at the outset of this pursuit , to importune and claim our confidence , which two guides are directly contradictory to each other ; so contradictory , indeed , that whichever of them be true , the other must ...
... present themselves to us , at the outset of this pursuit , to importune and claim our confidence , which two guides are directly contradictory to each other ; so contradictory , indeed , that whichever of them be true , the other must ...
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... acquired . It has now assumed a form of complete sym- metry ; and presents itself to our view in the unity of a well - compacted structure , with root , PART I. trunk , and branches . We have , MINERAL AND MOSAICAL GEOLOGIES . 7.
... acquired . It has now assumed a form of complete sym- metry ; and presents itself to our view in the unity of a well - compacted structure , with root , PART I. trunk , and branches . We have , MINERAL AND MOSAICAL GEOLOGIES . 7.
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... present day . Thus , both the description of this geology and its history , as delivered by its most dis- tinguished and zealous conductors , confirm the position ; that it is no other than simple mine- ralogy , or the science of ...
... present day . Thus , both the description of this geology and its history , as delivered by its most dis- tinguished and zealous conductors , confirm the position ; that it is no other than simple mine- ralogy , or the science of ...
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A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volumen1 Granville Penn Vista completa - 1825 |
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66 CHAP action ancient animal and vegetable Arabian camel ascribe Assyria Bacon and Newton Bactrian camel Berkeley bones CALIFORNIA LIBRARY camel chaos chaotic chemical CONCLUSION continued created creation Creator CUVIER D'AUBUISSON deluge divine earth effect entire epocha equally evidence existence exuvia fact fluid formed former globe granite heaven Hebrew immediate induction intelligence interpretation laws light LUCRETIUS marine matter ment mineral geology mineral masses mineralogy mode moral Mosaical geology Mosaical record Moses mountains nature Neptunian observe ocean operation origin ossification perceive perfect period perished phænomenon philosophy physical present principle produced question race racters real mode reason reformed philosophy relation rendered respect revolution rivers rocks Rosenmuller says secondary causes sense sensible phænomena soils solid species strata suppose surface terrestrial things tion true truth UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unphilosophical valleys vast VIII violent volcanic waters word
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Página 131 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there : when He set a compass upon the face of the depth : when He established the clouds above: when He strengthened the fountains of the deep : when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment; when He appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by Him as one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before him: rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth; and my delights were with the sons...
Página 256 - 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 219 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 220 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 248 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Página 231 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Página 220 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Página 429 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Página 176 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Página 176 - And God said, 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: and it was so.