Geology and Geologists; Or: Visions of Philosophers in the 19th CenturySimpkin, Marshall, 1843 - 83 من الصفحات |
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... testacea of the Silurian system . So great were the triumphs of the latter , as quite to eclipse the achievements of the former . Cuvier's sixty thousand years were speedily transformed into millions of ages ; and the very arguments ...
... testacea of the Silurian system . So great were the triumphs of the latter , as quite to eclipse the achievements of the former . Cuvier's sixty thousand years were speedily transformed into millions of ages ; and the very arguments ...
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... testacea up to the highest mammifers , and from the poorest grass or sea - weed up to the most elaborated trees ; according as the earth was progressively fitted for their reception and entertainment . Sir Humphrey Davy , amongst others ...
... testacea up to the highest mammifers , and from the poorest grass or sea - weed up to the most elaborated trees ; according as the earth was progressively fitted for their reception and entertainment . Sir Humphrey Davy , amongst others ...
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... testacea were thrown alive upon a sea - beech , which has now become a mountain . It is true , that we have no recent examples of a con- siderable elevation taking place in any large tract of coun- try ; but we cannot thence argue that ...
... testacea were thrown alive upon a sea - beech , which has now become a mountain . It is true , that we have no recent examples of a con- siderable elevation taking place in any large tract of coun- try ; but we cannot thence argue that ...
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... testacea and other marine substances . That vast tracts of alluvial soil once composed the beds of large rivers , will be readily imagined by any person conversant with the history of fluviatile action . Modern geography informs us of ...
... testacea and other marine substances . That vast tracts of alluvial soil once composed the beds of large rivers , will be readily imagined by any person conversant with the history of fluviatile action . Modern geography informs us of ...
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... testacea , lived before their creation , as mentioned in the Bible . If otherwise , the same power which upraised them could elevate any other region of the globe . We neither affirm nor deny the prior existence of our planet ; but we ...
... testacea , lived before their creation , as mentioned in the Bible . If otherwise , the same power which upraised them could elevate any other region of the globe . We neither affirm nor deny the prior existence of our planet ; but we ...
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الصفحة 38 - 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.
الصفحة 38 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
الصفحة 38 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
الصفحة 38 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
الصفحة 77 - Skill of a powerful ever-living Agent, who being in all Places, is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies.
الصفحة 30 - God made the earth and the heavens, 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.
الصفحة 38 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
الصفحة 26 - Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
الصفحة 28 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind : and God saw that it was good.
الصفحة 52 - ... for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day, wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.