Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 pages |
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... condition to the production of these phenomena . " 66 ' My fire now burns with fuel , and my lamp is shining with the light of gas , derived from coal that has been buried for countless ages in the deep and dark recesses of the earth ...
... condition to the production of these phenomena . " 66 ' My fire now burns with fuel , and my lamp is shining with the light of gas , derived from coal that has been buried for countless ages in the deep and dark recesses of the earth ...
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... is developed or made perceptible only by chemical action . To suppose the world to have been created in a gaseous form , is therefore to suppose it to have been created in a condition in which it 18 THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY .
... is developed or made perceptible only by chemical action . To suppose the world to have been created in a gaseous form , is therefore to suppose it to have been created in a condition in which it 18 THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY .
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David Nevins Lord. to have been created in a condition in which it could not - according to the present laws of matter - have existed , except as a secondary state ; or as a conse- quence of the action of its elements on each other after ...
David Nevins Lord. to have been created in a condition in which it could not - according to the present laws of matter - have existed , except as a secondary state ; or as a conse- quence of the action of its elements on each other after ...
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... condition of the globe , which if it is supposed to have existed , instead of contributing to the formation of the strata , would have made their construction impossible : such as the supposition that the materials of the strata , were ...
... condition of the globe , which if it is supposed to have existed , instead of contributing to the formation of the strata , would have made their construction impossible : such as the supposition that the materials of the strata , were ...
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... condition of the world , the existence of any agents , or the occurrence of any events , the reality of which they cannot demonstrate ; and all their assumptions and reason- ings must be consistent with all the facts , and all the laws ...
... condition of the world , the existence of any agents , or the occurrence of any events , the reality of which they cannot demonstrate ; and all their assumptions and reason- ings must be consistent with all the facts , and all the laws ...
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Page 168 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 142 - Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Page 143 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 144 - 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. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Page 131 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 125 - By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Page 114 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament: and it was so.
Page 142 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 395 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good.
Page 41 - Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: , Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates...