Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 pages |
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Page 185
... sandstone , must have equally been the work of a slow process beneath the water . " — Mac- culloch's Geology , vol . i . pp . 81 , 82 . " Denudation is the removal of solid matter by running water , whether by a river or marine current ...
... sandstone , must have equally been the work of a slow process beneath the water . " — Mac- culloch's Geology , vol . i . pp . 81 , 82 . " Denudation is the removal of solid matter by running water , whether by a river or marine current ...
Page 189
... sandstone , shales , and clays ; nay , the very fragments of that rock are found everywhere . Even in our recent alluvial soils they abound ; and it is a ques- tion worth considering whether the granite boulders , of which the immediate ...
... sandstone , shales , and clays ; nay , the very fragments of that rock are found everywhere . Even in our recent alluvial soils they abound ; and it is a ques- tion worth considering whether the granite boulders , of which the immediate ...
Page 209
... sandstone , the lowest of the fossiliferous rocks on this continent , up to the upper division of the carbonife- rous group . Deposits of equally late date are found . also in the lofty ranges of the Andes . " I will give a brief sketch ...
... sandstone , the lowest of the fossiliferous rocks on this continent , up to the upper division of the carbonife- rous group . Deposits of equally late date are found . also in the lofty ranges of the Andes . " I will give a brief sketch ...
Page 210
... sandstone , converted by the former heat into quartz - rock . On the quartz there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness , which have been upheaved by the red granite , and dip at an angle of 45 ° towards the ...
... sandstone , converted by the former heat into quartz - rock . On the quartz there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness , which have been upheaved by the red granite , and dip at an angle of 45 ° towards the ...
Page 211
... sandstones and other remarkable sedimentary depo- sits ; the whole having a very close resemblance to some of the tertiary beds on the shores of the Pacific . From this resemblance I expected to find silicified wood , which is gene ...
... sandstones and other remarkable sedimentary depo- sits ; the whole having a very close resemblance to some of the tertiary beds on the shores of the Pacific . From this resemblance I expected to find silicified wood , which is gene ...
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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...