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 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... Twas but ne- ceffary that the Foundation fhould be firm , when a Superftructure of Bulk and Weight was to be rais'd upon it . And therefore I advance nothing from any Obfervation that was not made with this Caution , and that any Man ...
... Twas but ne- ceffary that the Foundation fhould be firm , when a Superftructure of Bulk and Weight was to be rais'd upon it . And therefore I advance nothing from any Obfervation that was not made with this Caution , and that any Man ...
Pàgina 40
... twas this laft Effort that brought forth the Opinion , that thefe Bodies are not what they seem to be that they are no Shells , but meer Sportings of active Nature in this fubterraneous Kingdom , and only Semblances or Imitations of ...
... twas this laft Effort that brought forth the Opinion , that thefe Bodies are not what they seem to be that they are no Shells , but meer Sportings of active Nature in this fubterraneous Kingdom , and only Semblances or Imitations of ...
Pàgina 50
... twas firft formed , and by the fame Power which hath fecur'd it hitherto . But , with re- fpect to my present Defign , I more particularly make out , That although Rain - water be in- deed ( as thefe Writers fuppofe ) ve- ry plentifully ...
... twas firft formed , and by the fame Power which hath fecur'd it hitherto . But , with re- fpect to my present Defign , I more particularly make out , That although Rain - water be in- deed ( as thefe Writers fuppofe ) ve- ry plentifully ...
Pàgina 58
... twas Matter of real Ad- miration to me , to find that a Be- lief of fo many and fo great Altera- tions in the Earth , had gained fo large Footing , and made good its Ground fo many Ages in the World ; there being not the leaft Signs nor ...
... twas Matter of real Ad- miration to me , to find that a Be- lief of fo many and fo great Altera- tions in the Earth , had gained fo large Footing , and made good its Ground fo many Ages in the World ; there being not the leaft Signs nor ...
Pàgina 61
... twas a very confiderable Time before Letters themselves were found out . I know very well , there are fome who talk of Letters before the Deluge ; but that is a Matter of meer Conjecture , and I think nothing can be peremptorily ...
... twas a very confiderable Time before Letters themselves were found out . I know very well , there are fome who talk of Letters before the Deluge ; but that is a Matter of meer Conjecture , and I think nothing can be peremptorily ...
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An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Earth,: And Terrestrial Bodyes ... John Woodward Visualització completa - 1723 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 274 - 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,
Pàgina 253 - 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. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Pàgina 255 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Pàgina 273 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Pàgina 251 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Pàgina 101 - And the LORD smelled a sweet savour ; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Pàgina 74 - Gravity finking not down till laffof all, fettling at the Surface of the Sediment, and. covering all the reft. That the. Matter...
Pàgina 185 - ... corpuscles which lye loose in its way, and are withal so small as to be able to pass those interstices ; forcing them along with it into the perpendicular intervalls ; to which it naturally directs its course, as finding there a ready exit and discharge, being partly exhaled thence up into the atmosphere, and partly flowing forth upon the surface of the earth, and forming springs and rivers. " That the water which falls upon the surface of the earth in rain, bears also some, tho...
Pàgina 88 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Pàgina 21 - Particles thereof, together with those of the Earth, Chalk, and the rest, as also Shells, and all other Animal and Vegetable Bodies, were taken up into, and sustained in, the Water ; that at length all these subsided again promiscuously, and without any other order than that of the different...