Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 pages |
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... positions , con- torted , dislocated , and broken into fragments ; but they have , on the ground of these facts , framed theories respecting the causes of which they are the result , and the sources from which their materials were ...
... positions , con- torted , dislocated , and broken into fragments ; but they have , on the ground of these facts , framed theories respecting the causes of which they are the result , and the sources from which their materials were ...
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... position : that the agents by which these vast effects were wrought , were those by which the somewhat similar changes that are now taking place , are produced ; and that the number and thick- ness of the strata , the vast multitudes of ...
... position : that the agents by which these vast effects were wrought , were those by which the somewhat similar changes that are now taking place , are produced ; and that the number and thick- ness of the strata , the vast multitudes of ...
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... positions ; and those forces are expressly defined as either chemical or mechanical ; or those of attraction , by which par- ticles that have an affinity are united in crystals and other solid forms ; and those of fire and water , by ...
... positions ; and those forces are expressly defined as either chemical or mechanical ; or those of attraction , by which par- ticles that have an affinity are united in crystals and other solid forms ; and those of fire and water , by ...
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... positions ; and they furnish no means of a scientific demonstration of a different and higher class of truths , such as the existence of the world through an immeasurable round of ages . The facts , for example 58 FALSE NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY .
... positions ; and they furnish no means of a scientific demonstration of a different and higher class of truths , such as the existence of the world through an immeasurable round of ages . The facts , for example 58 FALSE NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY .
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... position , depth , and contents of the strata them- selves are . But that is altogether mistaken . age of the strata is not to be ascertained by the ham- mer or pickaxe , by chemical analysis , by touch , or by inspection . The ...
... position , depth , and contents of the strata them- selves are . But that is altogether mistaken . age of the strata is not to be ascertained by the ham- mer or pickaxe , by chemical analysis , by touch , or by inspection . The ...
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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...