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The False Theories of Geologists Respecting the Formation of the Strata 258
CHAPTER XII. The False Theories of Geologists Respecting the Formation of the
Strata 278 CHAPTER XHI. The Materials of the Strata, Derived from the anterior
of ...
The False Theories of Geologists Respecting the Formation of the Strata 258
CHAPTER XII. The False Theories of Geologists Respecting the Formation of the
Strata 278 CHAPTER XHI. The Materials of the Strata, Derived from the anterior
of ...
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... the bones of fish, and the skeletons of land quadrupeds, a large share of which
are of species and genera that no longer exist ; and that subsequently to their
formation, most of them have been raised into new positions, contorted,
dislocated, ...
... the bones of fish, and the skeletons of land quadrupeds, a large share of which
are of species and genera that no longer exist ; and that subsequently to their
formation, most of them have been raised into new positions, contorted,
dislocated, ...
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... multitudes of vegetable and animal remains that lie buried in them, and the
slowness with which similar processes of erosion and deposition now advance,
prove that an immense series of ages must have been required for their formation
.
... multitudes of vegetable and animal remains that lie buried in them, and the
slowness with which similar processes of erosion and deposition now advance,
prove that an immense series of ages must have been required for their formation
.
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But the question between us is, whether their hypothesis respecting the formation
of the strata is legitimate ; and thence whether the conclusion which they found
on that hypothesis respecting the age of the world, is just and authoritative.
But the question between us is, whether their hypothesis respecting the formation
of the strata is legitimate ; and thence whether the conclusion which they found
on that hypothesis respecting the age of the world, is just and authoritative.
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That supposition therefore contradicts the laws of heat and the formation of
gaseous bodies. It is as unphilosophical and absurd to suppose the matter of the
globe to have been created in the form of a gas, as it is to suppose that it was
created ...
That supposition therefore contradicts the laws of heat and the formation of
gaseous bodies. It is as unphilosophical and absurd to suppose the matter of the
globe to have been created in the form of a gas, as it is to suppose that it was
created ...
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| Título | Geognosy: Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories |
| Autor | David Nevins Lord |
| Editor | F. Knight, 1855 |
| Procedencia del original | Princeton University |
| Digitalizado | 18 Mar 2008 |
| N.º de páginas | 412 páginas |
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