A New System of Geology, in which the Great Revolutions of the Earth and Animated Nature, are Reconciled at Once to Modern Science and Sacred HistoryLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1829 - 621 |
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... that in an indefinite series of ages , the mountain masses of the pre - existing globe became submarine concentric layers of rock , which were EXTRAVAGANT SPECULATIONS OF PLAYFAIR . xxix thence elevated by catastrophe xxviii INTRODUCTION .
... that in an indefinite series of ages , the mountain masses of the pre - existing globe became submarine concentric layers of rock , which were EXTRAVAGANT SPECULATIONS OF PLAYFAIR . xxix thence elevated by catastrophe xxviii INTRODUCTION .
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... layer . Is is well known that these spots , first observed by Galileo , led to the dis- covery of the sun's motion round its axis , and showed that this motion is accomplished in twenty - five days and a half . Had Buffon been ...
... layer . Is is well known that these spots , first observed by Galileo , led to the dis- covery of the sun's motion round its axis , and showed that this motion is accomplished in twenty - five days and a half . Had Buffon been ...
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... layers of loam and gravel , which cover almost every land , animals near akin to living beings , though still speci- fically distinguishable in some respects , lie buried . Here ' the bones of the fossil elephant , rhinoceros ...
... layers of loam and gravel , which cover almost every land , animals near akin to living beings , though still speci- fically distinguishable in some respects , lie buried . Here ' the bones of the fossil elephant , rhinoceros ...
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... layers of gneiss and mica - slate ? Herein the cosmogonist perfectly resem- bles the idolatrous savage , in ascribing to Deity , capacities and dispositions similar to those of his own foolish or malignant heart . The Being who said ...
... layers of gneiss and mica - slate ? Herein the cosmogonist perfectly resem- bles the idolatrous savage , in ascribing to Deity , capacities and dispositions similar to those of his own foolish or malignant heart . The Being who said ...
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... layers of wood , alburnum , and bark , each composed of straight or tortuous fibres and tubes ; and not formed , as we see them now , by progressive deve- lopement and growth . The creation of a perfect plant , the type and parent of an ...
... layers of wood , alburnum , and bark , each composed of straight or tortuous fibres and tubes ; and not formed , as we see them now , by progressive deve- lopement and growth . The creation of a perfect plant , the type and parent of an ...
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