Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... height and extending over vast areas , could never have been disintegrated by the action of the air , water , and heat . There would have been no air , except of the most attenuated kind , and no water at all probably at that elevation ...
... height and extending over vast areas , could never have been disintegrated by the action of the air , water , and heat . There would have been no air , except of the most attenuated kind , and no water at all probably at that elevation ...
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... height , and projected into the atmos- phere , by which it has been ascertained what the motions are of bodies in space acted on by gravity , and by gravity and a projectile force ; and the 3 * IT IS NOT A SCIENCE . 57.
... height , and projected into the atmos- phere , by which it has been ascertained what the motions are of bodies in space acted on by gravity , and by gravity and a projectile force ; and the 3 * IT IS NOT A SCIENCE . 57.
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... height with a cloud of vapor so dense , as wholly to intercept the rays of the sun . Can a greater self - contradiction , a more extraordinary absurdity be imagined ? Such is the inextricable embarrassment in which he involves himself ...
... height with a cloud of vapor so dense , as wholly to intercept the rays of the sun . Can a greater self - contradiction , a more extraordinary absurdity be imagined ? Such is the inextricable embarrassment in which he involves himself ...
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... height at which it was condensed , and assumed the form of clouds . That it was the atmosphere that was created , not a mere elevation of water in the form of mists or clouds , is seen also from the fact that God called the firmament ...
... height at which it was condensed , and assumed the form of clouds . That it was the atmosphere that was created , not a mere elevation of water in the form of mists or clouds , is seen also from the fact that God called the firmament ...
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... heights as to form mountains , hills , slopes , and valleys ; or by an elevation of the mountains and hills of the dry land , and a depression of the seat of the seas ; or both combined . In either case , the event , as well as the ...
... heights as to form mountains , hills , slopes , and valleys ; or by an elevation of the mountains and hills of the dry land , and a depression of the seat of the seas ; or both combined . In either case , the event , as well as the ...
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