An Elementary Treatise on Geology: Determining Fundamental Points in that Science, and Containing an Examination of Some Modern Geological Systems, and Particularly of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthF.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 - 415 էջ |
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... seen , that I never attempted to fix the height of " the antediluvian mountains , a point wholly indif- " ferent to my system . And with respect to changes " in the earth's motions , he would have perceived " that I considered those ...
... seen , that I never attempted to fix the height of " the antediluvian mountains , a point wholly indif- " ferent to my system . And with respect to changes " in the earth's motions , he would have perceived " that I considered those ...
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... seen the ancient physical systems , at first all rivals to one another , and then swallowed up by the Aristotelian ; the Aristotelian physics giving way to those of Des Cartes , and the physics of Des " Cartes to those of Newton ; would ...
... seen the ancient physical systems , at first all rivals to one another , and then swallowed up by the Aristotelian ; the Aristotelian physics giving way to those of Des Cartes , and the physics of Des " Cartes to those of Newton ; would ...
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... seen the extent of the objects which it ought to comprise , he had not given way to the opinion that it exceeded the reach of human capacity . This pas- sage , as well as many other parts of his work , make it evident that he has ...
... seen the extent of the objects which it ought to comprise , he had not given way to the opinion that it exceeded the reach of human capacity . This pas- sage , as well as many other parts of his work , make it evident that he has ...
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... failed to suspend my judgment , until I have verified them . This will be seen in the course of my travels , and particularly with regard to the facts quoted by Mr. Playfair . 22. Dr. 22. Dr. Hutton's Theory of the Earth , so much 21.
... failed to suspend my judgment , until I have verified them . This will be seen in the course of my travels , and particularly with regard to the facts quoted by Mr. Playfair . 22. Dr. 22. Dr. Hutton's Theory of the Earth , so much 21.
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... seen Mr. Playfair expressing a wish , that , in order to prevent all fluctuation in geology , it should be laid down as an invariable rule , " that a theory of the earth ought to have no other " aim than to discover the laws that ...
... seen Mr. Playfair expressing a wish , that , in order to prevent all fluctuation in geology , it should be laid down as an invariable rule , " that a theory of the earth ought to have no other " aim than to discover the laws that ...
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Էջ 400 - 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.
Էջ 389 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Էջ 392 - 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...
Էջ 385 - 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.
Էջ 389 - 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.
Էջ 399 - And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Էջ 402 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Էջ 399 - 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.
Էջ 84 - ... combined with the inequality of hardness in the rocks, prove, that the present line of the shore has been determined by the action of the sea. The naked and precipitous cliffs which overhang the deep, the rocks hollowed, perforated, as they are farther advanced in the sea, and at last insulated, lead to the same conclusion, and mark very clearly so many different stages of decay. It is true, we do not see the successive steps of this progress exemplified in the states of...
Էջ 89 - Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportioned to its size, and all of them together forming a system of valleys, communicating with one another, and having such a nice adjustment of their declivities, that none of them join the principal valley, either on too high or too low a level...