Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting Parts of the Science. Together with an Examination of the Question, Whether the Days of Creation Were Indefinite Periods. Designed for the Use of Schools and General ReadersRobinson, Pratt, & Company, 1836 - 372 páginas |
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... heat , 123 Baths of San Vignone , 40 Lyell on , 121 rents , Bivalves , - Boulders , · of San Filippo , Big - bone - lick , bones found there , Bone caverns , De la Beche on , of Massachusetts , large one at East Lyme , from Norway , of ...
... heat , 123 Baths of San Vignone , 40 Lyell on , 121 rents , Bivalves , - Boulders , · of San Filippo , Big - bone - lick , bones found there , Bone caverns , De la Beche on , of Massachusetts , large one at East Lyme , from Norway , of ...
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... heat of , 121 236 has suffered changes , 230 238 on Genesis , 355 his arrangement of fossils , on the bone caverns of Germany , newness of proved , 256 Earthquakes of Calabria , effects on the obelisks , Prince of Scilla killed by ...
... heat of , 121 236 has suffered changes , 230 238 on Genesis , 355 his arrangement of fossils , on the bone caverns of Germany , newness of proved , 256 Earthquakes of Calabria , effects on the obelisks , Prince of Scilla killed by ...
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... heat on the earth , gave form and substance to these objects . Ano- ther author , Fallopio , of Padua , Professor , & c . , conceived that petrified shells , had been generated by fermentation , in the places where they were found , and ...
... heat on the earth , gave form and substance to these objects . Ano- ther author , Fallopio , of Padua , Professor , & c . , conceived that petrified shells , had been generated by fermentation , in the places where they were found , and ...
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... together with the expansion of the * Professor Brande quotes Burnet's book as being published in 1726 , but this was probably a second edition . waters beneath by heat , rent this crust , which GEOLOGICAL THEORIES . 9.
... together with the expansion of the * Professor Brande quotes Burnet's book as being published in 1726 , but this was probably a second edition . waters beneath by heat , rent this crust , which GEOLOGICAL THEORIES . 9.
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... heat , rent this crust , which falling down into the abyss , caused the universal flood , and at the same time , by the inequality of the fragments , formed the moun- tains of the earth as we now see them . “ Not satisfied with these ...
... heat , rent this crust , which falling down into the abyss , caused the universal flood , and at the same time , by the inequality of the fragments , formed the moun- tains of the earth as we now see them . “ Not satisfied with these ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient animals aperture appears basalt beds Bivalves bones breccia cause caverns cavity changes circumstances clay climate coal field coast color composed conchology considerable contains covered creation Cuvier deluge deposites depth distance dyke earth earthquakes effects elephant elevation entirely eruption exist extinct facts feet thick fish fissures flood formation fossil fragments fresh water genus geologists Geology globe gneiss granite greenstone greywacke gypsum heat height hence hills Hippopotamus hornblende inhabitants instances island kind known lake land lava length lime limestone Lyell mass mastodon matter metallic miles mineral Monte Nuovo mountains MULTIVALVES natural nearly observed ocean organic remains origin period petrifactions phenomena plants present day produced quadrupeds quantity Queenstown respect river rocks salt sand sandstone says scriptures secondary shells Siberia side situated slate solid sometimes species springs stone strata stratum stream substance supposed surface teeth temperature theory tion univalve valleys vegetable veins volcanic whole
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Página 305 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 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.
Página 302 - 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"; 1 VOID : empty.
Página 307 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth and in the open firmament of heaven.
Página 352 - God said, Let there be light: let there be a firmament: let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place: let the earth bring forth: let there be lights in the firmament of heaven.
Página 319 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Página 326 - 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.
Página 214 - On the keeper putting a spar of wood two inches in diameter into his den, he cracked it in pieces as if it had been touchwood, and in a minute the whole was reduced to a mass of splinters. The power of his jaws far exceeded any animal force of the kind I ever saw exerted, and reminded me of nothing so much as a miner's crushing mill, or the scissors with which they cut off bars of iron and copper in the metal foundries.
Página 325 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad* the earth and the heavens.
Página 353 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Página 300 - Let the water under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so.