Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... wholly My unciepnauthorized and unscientific . Geologists have no Lifee ? more right to assume that it was imbued originally can it not with thousands and millions of times its present sum be pred hof heat , than they have to assume ...
... wholly My unciepnauthorized and unscientific . Geologists have no Lifee ? more right to assume that it was imbued originally can it not with thousands and millions of times its present sum be pred hof heat , than they have to assume ...
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... wholly unscientific and worth- less . 3. They must not found their inference of the age of the world , on the assumption of a condition of the globe , which if it is supposed to have existed , instead of contributing to the formation of ...
... wholly unscientific and worth- less . 3. They must not found their inference of the age of the world , on the assumption of a condition of the globe , which if it is supposed to have existed , instead of contributing to the formation of ...
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... wholly inadequate to produce them : such as that the torrents and great rivers which they represent as having borne the materials of the strata from moun- tains and continents , entered the ocean with such a rush , as to diffuse the ...
... wholly inadequate to produce them : such as that the torrents and great rivers which they represent as having borne the materials of the strata from moun- tains and continents , entered the ocean with such a rush , as to diffuse the ...
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... wholly impracticable to harmonize the sacred record with the doctrines of the science . He says : - " The only way of escape from all difficulties pressing upon the question of cosmogony , is to consider the old strata of the earth as ...
... wholly impracticable to harmonize the sacred record with the doctrines of the science . He says : - " The only way of escape from all difficulties pressing upon the question of cosmogony , is to consider the old strata of the earth as ...
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... wholly unlike his procedure , and incompatible with his perfections , thus to place them under a seeming logical necessity of doubting that he is the author of his own works . The supposition of such an omission in the narrative he has ...
... wholly unlike his procedure , and incompatible with his perfections , thus to place them under a seeming logical necessity of doubting that he is the author of his own works . The supposition of such an omission in the narrative he has ...
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admit agency agents alumine assume assumption atmosphere basalt beds beneath carboniferous causes chemical and mechanical condition confute consist continents and islands contradiction creation creation recorded CRITICAL NOTICES crust deluge demonstrated deposition depth derived detritus disintegrated dry land earth earth's surface effects ejected elements elevation epoch existence facts of geology feet felspar formation fossil Genesis geological theory geologists globe gneiss granite gravel heat height Himalaya hornblende hypothesis igneous igneous rocks imbedded immense inference inspired interior Kilauea lava laws light lime limestone mass Mastodon materials matter miles Mosaic Mosaic record mountains narrative nature occupied ocean origin particles pebbles period pliocene porphyry postulate potash present principles of geology processes produced proof prove quartz relics respecting rivers sacred sand sandstone Scriptures series of ages shales six days species strata were formed suppose supposition taken place tertiary thrown tion upheaval vegetable and animal volcanic waters whole wholly