Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1857 - 412 páginas |
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... . 1. They must be consistent with - not contravene- the laws of nature . Geologists must not assume , for example , as a preparative for their hypothesis respecting the formation of the strata , that the world THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH .
... . 1. They must be consistent with - not contravene- the laws of nature . Geologists must not assume , for example , as a preparative for their hypothesis respecting the formation of the strata , that the world THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH .
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... assume that it was imbued originally with thousands and millions of times its present sum of heat , than they have to assume that it had thou- sands and millions of times its present bulk of water , air , quartz , lime , or any other ...
... assume that it was imbued originally with thousands and millions of times its present sum of heat , than they have to assume that it had thou- sands and millions of times its present bulk of water , air , quartz , lime , or any other ...
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... assumes until after it has existed in another form . An inference of the great age of the world , founded on an ... assume as a basis of their infer- ence of the age of the world , that it once existed in a form of which they have ...
... assumes until after it has existed in another form . An inference of the great age of the world , founded on an ... assume as a basis of their infer- ence of the age of the world , that it once existed in a form of which they have ...
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... source of the mate- rials of the strata , defeats itself , and renders the inference from it of the great age of the earth , unsci- entific and absurd . 0 4. They must not assume that the effects for THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH . 21.
... source of the mate- rials of the strata , defeats itself , and renders the inference from it of the great age of the earth , unsci- entific and absurd . 0 4. They must not assume that the effects for THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH . 21.
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David Nevins Lord. 0 4. They must not assume that the effects for which they attempt to account , are the work of agents , that are wholly inadequate to produce them : such as that the torrents and great rivers which they represent as ...
David Nevins Lord. 0 4. They must not assume that the effects for which they attempt to account , are the work of agents , that are wholly inadequate to produce them : such as that the torrents and great rivers which they represent as ...
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Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories David Nevins Lord Vista completa - 1855 |
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Página 144 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Página 168 - 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.
Página 132 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Página 143 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 143 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 144 - 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.
Página 125 - By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Página 83 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Página 114 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament: and it was so.
Página 41 - Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: , Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates...