General View of the Geology of Scripture: In which the Unerring Truth of the Inspired Narrative of the Early Events in the World is Exhibited, and Distinctly Proved |
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... extent of Objects on the Earth's Surface often erroneous . - True height of Mountains . - Depths of the Ocean . - Of Mines . - Of Volcanic Foci . - Eruptions of Mud containing Fish . - Volcanoes only in Secondary Formations.— True Scale ...
... extent of Objects on the Earth's Surface often erroneous . - True height of Mountains . - Depths of the Ocean . - Of Mines . - Of Volcanic Foci . - Eruptions of Mud containing Fish . - Volcanoes only in Secondary Formations.— True Scale ...
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... extent of the whole mass of secon- dary formations over the surface of the primi- tive globe , we shall at once perceive that such violent transporting powers , acting for a million of years , must have produced a mass of secon- dary ...
... extent of the whole mass of secon- dary formations over the surface of the primi- tive globe , we shall at once perceive that such violent transporting powers , acting for a million of years , must have produced a mass of secon- dary ...
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... themselves involved in inextricable confusion and difficulty , when they calculate upon thousands of years , instead of hundreds , and millions , instead of thousands . 35 CHAPTER I. Our ideas of the real extent of 34 POSTSCRIPT .
... themselves involved in inextricable confusion and difficulty , when they calculate upon thousands of years , instead of hundreds , and millions , instead of thousands . 35 CHAPTER I. Our ideas of the real extent of 34 POSTSCRIPT .
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... extent of Objects on the Earth's Surface often erroneous . - True height of Mountains . - Depths of the Ocean . - Of Mines . - Of Volcanic Foci . - Eruptions of Mud containing Fish . - Volcanoes only in Secondary Formations . - True ...
... extent of Objects on the Earth's Surface often erroneous . - True height of Mountains . - Depths of the Ocean . - Of Mines . - Of Volcanic Foci . - Eruptions of Mud containing Fish . - Volcanoes only in Secondary Formations . - True ...
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... extent of objects within our view ; and having thus attained the proper elevation from whence we may consider and study the Globe as a whole , let us now proceed to an attentive and unpreju- diced consideration of it , from the earliest ...
... extent of objects within our view ; and having thus attained the proper elevation from whence we may consider and study the Globe as a whole , let us now proceed to an attentive and unpreju- diced consideration of it , from the earliest ...
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action Almighty amongst animal remains antediluvian appears basin become bodies bones calcareous cause cave cavities chalk chalk formation clay climates coal coast colour conclusion consider contain course Craigleith creation currents Cuvier Deluge deposits depth diluvial discovered drupeds dry land earth effects elephant elevation embedded Ethiopia evidence exist extent fact feet fissures floating fluid fossil fossil remains geologists Geology globe gradually gravel gypsum hair hippopotamus human hyæna idea inhabitants instances Isle of Thanet latitude laws of nature lime-stone manner mass Mastodon miles mind mineral Monte Bolca Mosaic Mosaic Record mountains occasioned ocean origin period philosophy plains polar present preserved primitive rocks probable produced quadrupeds quarries reason regions remarkable rhinoceros rivers sand Scripture secondary formations shells shew shores Siberia soils solid species stalactite strata stratum supposed surface theories things tion trees tropical various vegetable waters whole zoophytes