An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Earth,: And Terrestrial Bodyes, Especialy Minerals: as Also of the Sea, Rivers, and Springs. : With an Account of the Universal Deluge: and of the Effects that it Had Upon the EarthA. Bettesworth and W. Taylor ... R. Gosling ... and J. Clarke, 1723 - 304 pages |
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Page 77
... feve- ral Strata ; not only in the more lax , Chalk , Clay , and Marle , but e- ven in the most folid , Stone , and the reft . That thefe marine Bodyes are incorporated with the Sand that con- ftitutes the Stone of thefe Strata , in ...
... feve- ral Strata ; not only in the more lax , Chalk , Clay , and Marle , but e- ven in the most folid , Stone , and the reft . That thefe marine Bodyes are incorporated with the Sand that con- ftitutes the Stone of thefe Strata , in ...
Page 186
... feve- ral more ; by all which , they in- tended the Earth . That at length the Tradition , for want of Letters , which were not then invented , or fome > fome other like Means to preferve it , wearing out 186 The Natural History Part III .
... feve- ral more ; by all which , they in- tended the Earth . That at length the Tradition , for want of Letters , which were not then invented , or fome > fome other like Means to preferve it , wearing out 186 The Natural History Part III .
Page 197
... feve- ral of the Cylindrick Stiria are con- tiguous , and grow together into one Sheaf , is called Brush - Iron - Ore : and laftly the Argentum arborefcens , capillare . Hither alfo ought to be refer'd the Crystallized Ores , and ...
... feve- ral of the Cylindrick Stiria are con- tiguous , and grow together into one Sheaf , is called Brush - Iron - Ore : and laftly the Argentum arborefcens , capillare . Hither alfo ought to be refer'd the Crystallized Ores , and ...
Page 240
... feve- ral Hands , concerning the State of Metalls and Minerals in Foreign Coun tries in divers Parts of Afia , Africa , and America , as well as in Hungary , Germany , Sweden , and other Parts of Europe ; and particularly of those which ...
... feve- ral Hands , concerning the State of Metalls and Minerals in Foreign Coun tries in divers Parts of Afia , Africa , and America , as well as in Hungary , Germany , Sweden , and other Parts of Europe ; and particularly of those which ...
Page 246
... feve- ral whereof , and even that of Am- ber it felf , may , by a very eafy Pro- cefs , be , in great Measure , if not wholey , extracted , and taken from them and the Bodyes of thefe Stones rendred almoft , if not quite , as pellucid ...
... feve- ral whereof , and even that of Am- ber it felf , may , by a very eafy Pro- cefs , be , in great Measure , if not wholey , extracted , and taken from them and the Bodyes of thefe Stones rendred almoft , if not quite , as pellucid ...
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alfo almoft amongst Animals Antients becauſe befides Belemnites Bodyes call'd Caufe Chalk Colour Conf Confect confequently confiderable confift Conftitution Coralls Corpufcles Country Deluge Earth faid fame felf fent ferve feve feveral fhall fhew fhould Fiffures fince firft Flints Foffils folid fome fometimes form'd ftill fubfiding fuch fufficient fuppofe fupra fure Gemms Globe hath Heat Hift Hiftory Intervalls Kinds laft Lapis leaft leffer lefs likewife lodg'd lodged luge Mafs Marine Bodyes metallick mineral Matter Minerals Mofes moft moſt Mountains muft muſt Nature neral Nitre Nodules Numbers Obfervations Occafion pafs Pebles Plin prefent Pyrite Quantity Rain raiſed Reafon reft Rivers Sand Sect Sorts Spar Spiracles Star-Stone Strata Stratum Subftance Sulphur Surface Teeth Terreftrial Matter thefe thefe Bodies themſelves ther Therma theſe Things thofe thofe Strata thoſe tion twas ufually univerfal uſed vaft Vapour Vegetables Vitriol Water whereof whole