Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... volcanic powers , so far as we are able to estimate their energy , that have ever agitated the earth's surface . To attempt to explain it by the laws of matter , as far as we have a knowledge of them , is scarcely less unphilosophic ...
... volcanic powers , so far as we are able to estimate their energy , that have ever agitated the earth's surface . To attempt to explain it by the laws of matter , as far as we have a knowledge of them , is scarcely less unphilosophic ...
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... volcanic activity , after which we may conclude , from analogy , that the fires of Etna remained dormant for many years - since nearly a century of rest has sometimes followed a violent eruption in the historical era ...
... volcanic activity , after which we may conclude , from analogy , that the fires of Etna remained dormant for many years - since nearly a century of rest has sometimes followed a violent eruption in the historical era ...
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... volcanic and those that consist mainly of granite , to that distant period . Their theory is , accordingly , in open antagonism to the inspired history of the third day's creation ; and the contradiction which it offers to it is not ...
... volcanic and those that consist mainly of granite , to that distant period . Their theory is , accordingly , in open antagonism to the inspired history of the third day's creation ; and the contradiction which it offers to it is not ...
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... volcanic action , or any movement of the ocean , can have thrown the axis of the earth from an angle , to a perpendicular to the ecliptic . In maintaining , therefore , that the earth had revolved round the sun through an immeasurable ...
... volcanic action , or any movement of the ocean , can have thrown the axis of the earth from an angle , to a perpendicular to the ecliptic . In maintaining , therefore , that the earth had revolved round the sun through an immeasurable ...
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... volcanic fire , or the mechanical force of water . If it could be shown that those agents were adequate to their destruction , if brought in great force in contact with them , it is not possible to prove the fact of their con- tact ...
... volcanic fire , or the mechanical force of water . If it could be shown that those agents were adequate to their destruction , if brought in great force in contact with them , it is not possible to prove the fact of their con- tact ...
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Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories David Nevins Lord Vista completa - 1857 |
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