An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Earth, and Terrestrial Bodies, Especially 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 153
... likewise , and other great Fishes , and lea- ving them , at its Return , upon dry Land . That thefe Phænomena are not new , or peculiar to the Earthquakes which have happen'd in our Times , but have been obferv'd in all Ages : and ...
... likewise , and other great Fishes , and lea- ving them , at its Return , upon dry Land . That thefe Phænomena are not new , or peculiar to the Earthquakes which have happen'd in our Times , but have been obferv'd in all Ages : and ...
Page 191
... likewise if we look into their Situation , and Place in the Earth ; fometimes we find them in the per- pendicular Intervalls : fometimes in the Bodyes of the Strata , being in- terfpers'd amongst the Matter where- of they confift : and ...
... likewise if we look into their Situation , and Place in the Earth ; fometimes we find them in the per- pendicular Intervalls : fometimes in the Bodyes of the Strata , being in- terfpers'd amongst the Matter where- of they confift : and ...
Page 213
... likewise the Minerals which are there fhot into the like Figures , fuch as the teffellated Marcafits , cryftallized na- tive Salt , Alum , Vitriol , and Sulphur : the Gemms alfo which are thus fi- gur'd , e . gr . Cryftall , the Pfeud ...
... likewise the Minerals which are there fhot into the like Figures , fuch as the teffellated Marcafits , cryftallized na- tive Salt , Alum , Vitriol , and Sulphur : the Gemms alfo which are thus fi- gur'd , e . gr . Cryftall , the Pfeud ...
Page 223
... with various Minerals , as long as the Earth- quake lafts . That thefe Minerals do · not iffue out only at these larger Exits , but fteam forth likewise thro ' the • the Pores of the Earth , occafioning , thofe Part IV . of the Earth . 223.
... with various Minerals , as long as the Earth- quake lafts . That thefe Minerals do · not iffue out only at these larger Exits , but fteam forth likewise thro ' the • the Pores of the Earth , occafioning , thofe Part IV . of the Earth . 223.
Page 228
... likewise an Explofion fo for- cible as fometimes to kill the Miners , break their Limbs , fhake the Earth , and force Coles , Stones , and other Bodyes , even though they be of ve- ry great Weight and Bulk , from the Bottom of the Pit ...
... likewise an Explofion fo for- cible as fometimes to kill the Miners , break their Limbs , fhake the Earth , and force Coles , Stones , and other Bodyes , even though they be of ve- ry great Weight and Bulk , from the Bottom of the Pit ...
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