The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the Cosmogonies, Chronologies, and Original Traditions of Ancient Nations; an Abstract and Review of Several Modern Systems; with an Attempt to Explain Philosophically, the Mosaical Account of the Creation and Deluge, and to Deduce from this Last Event the Causes of the Actual Structure of the Earth, in a Series of LettersR. Faulder, 1797 - 602 |
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Strona 288
... surface , lafted till each planet became confolidated to its centre ; and is thus determined : 2936 years for the Earth , 644 for the Moon , 2127 for Mercury , 1130 for Mars , 3596 for Venus , 5140 for Saturn , and 9433 years for ...
... surface , lafted till each planet became confolidated to its centre ; and is thus determined : 2936 years for the Earth , 644 for the Moon , 2127 for Mercury , 1130 for Mars , 3596 for Venus , 5140 for Saturn , and 9433 years for ...
Strona 292
... surface of the earth . Agitated by the action of the fun and moon , now first apparent , and the vio- lence of winds , they overthrew many points of its eminences , broke through the chain of its mountains in the weakest points ...
... surface of the earth . Agitated by the action of the fun and moon , now first apparent , and the vio- lence of winds , they overthrew many points of its eminences , broke through the chain of its mountains in the weakest points ...
Strona 295
... surface great quantities of volcanic matter , formed by mixtures of all the former fubstances vitrified afresh by the action of fire . When these terrible convulfions had in great part fubfided , the first elephants and larger ...
... surface great quantities of volcanic matter , formed by mixtures of all the former fubstances vitrified afresh by the action of fire . When these terrible convulfions had in great part fubfided , the first elephants and larger ...
Strona 317
... surface , so as to swim above them , or , if the quantity of water be small , is totally evaporated by fubfequent heat . This therefore is the only method of accounting for the infertion of woods , fhells , and a variety of distinct ...
... surface , so as to swim above them , or , if the quantity of water be small , is totally evaporated by fubfequent heat . This therefore is the only method of accounting for the infertion of woods , fhells , and a variety of distinct ...
Strona 326
... surface of the earth . Thefe fubftances were , fays he , like all others , originally vitreous , but they passed through a filtration which changed their nature ; they were formed in water , and are entirely composed of the spoils of ...
... surface of the earth . Thefe fubftances were , fays he , like all others , originally vitreous , but they passed through a filtration which changed their nature ; they were formed in water , and are entirely composed of the spoils of ...
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Strona 494 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Strona 495 - And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Strona 493 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Strona 502 - 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.
Strona 249 - They were all men of good morals, excellent in virtue and virtuous deeds, skilled in the use of weapons to strike with or to be thrown ; brave men, eager for victory in battle. 3. " But SATYAVARMAN, being continually delighted with devout meditation, and seeing his sons fit for dominion, laid upon them the burden of government. 4.
Strona 249 - Charma, and by him were his two brothers called.
Strona 408 - Wind-gap," a place several miles to the westward, and about a hundred feet higher than the present bed of the river. This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different...
Strona 408 - Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different part of the mountain, and meeting there with less...
Strona 447 - To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light...
Strona 409 - ... collection of waters to which this new passage gave vent. There are still remaining, and daily discovered, innumerable instances of such a deluge on both sides of the river, after it passed the hills above the falls of Trenton, and reached the champaign. On the...