An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth: With Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory of the Earth. Also an Examination of the Reflections on the Theory of the Earth, and a Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New TheoryH. Clements, 1734 - 414 pages |
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... which in the day time are quenched , and in the night are kindled again , and that the rifing and fetting of the ftars , is nothing elfe but the kindling and and quenching of them . Anaximander thought the Sun did The Introduction .
... which in the day time are quenched , and in the night are kindled again , and that the rifing and fetting of the ftars , is nothing elfe but the kindling and and quenching of them . Anaximander thought the Sun did The Introduction .
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... thought the Sun did very much resemble the nave of a Chariot wheel , which is hollow and full of fire , the fire of which appears to us through its mouth , as by a pipe that is burning . And Anaximenes faid that when the Sun was eclipf ...
... thought the Sun did very much resemble the nave of a Chariot wheel , which is hollow and full of fire , the fire of which appears to us through its mouth , as by a pipe that is burning . And Anaximenes faid that when the Sun was eclipf ...
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... thought , but that now in this Learned and Inquifitive Age they have at laft found out the true and folid Philo- fophy . They do now perceive the intimate effence of all things , and have discovered Na- ture in all her works , and can ...
... thought , but that now in this Learned and Inquifitive Age they have at laft found out the true and folid Philo- fophy . They do now perceive the intimate effence of all things , and have discovered Na- ture in all her works , and can ...
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... thought that he understood Geometry as well as most of his cotemporaries , and therefore Mr. Wotton might have prefumed , that he ought to have joined Geometry to natural Philofophy , but fince he afferts that he actually did fo , I ...
... thought that he understood Geometry as well as most of his cotemporaries , and therefore Mr. Wotton might have prefumed , that he ought to have joined Geometry to natural Philofophy , but fince he afferts that he actually did fo , I ...
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... thoughts in the Carte- fian Philosophy , are falfe , and difagreeable to nature , which I have fhew'd not only because the Philofophers of that fect have pretended to fo very great things , as to give a true ac- count of all the ...
... thoughts in the Carte- fian Philosophy , are falfe , and difagreeable to nature , which I have fhew'd not only because the Philofophers of that fect have pretended to fo very great things , as to give a true ac- count of all the ...
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Page 236 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 237 - God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Page 236 - 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.
Page 2 - ... quite another law from this ; for the fquares of their periodical times are always as the cubes of their diftances, and therefore fince they do not obferve that law, which of neceffity they muft, if they fwim in a vortex, it is a demonftration that there are no vortices, in which the planets are carried round the fun.
Page 236 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Page 31 - ... which being once filled, all the overplus of water that comes thither runs over by the lowest place, and breaking out by the sides of the hills forms single springs...
Page 17 - Heaven and the earth ; and the earth was without form, and void, and darknefs was upon the face of the deep ; and the fpirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Page 30 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 31 - Valleys between the Ridges of the Hills, and coming to unite, form little Rivulets or Brooks : many of thefe again meeting in one common Valley, and gaining the plain Ground, being grown...