Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... consists of a series of dif- ferent rocky and earthy beds , in many places very numerous and of great depth , which have either been deposited from the ocean or thrown up from beneath ; that many of them are interspersed with the relics ...
... consists of a series of dif- ferent rocky and earthy beds , in many places very numerous and of great depth , which have either been deposited from the ocean or thrown up from beneath ; that many of them are interspersed with the relics ...
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... consist , were derived from mountains and continents of granite and other rocks ; that those rocks were gradually disintegrated by the action of the air , water , and heat ; that they were borne down from those mountains and continents ...
... consist , were derived from mountains and continents of granite and other rocks ; that those rocks were gradually disintegrated by the action of the air , water , and heat ; that they were borne down from those mountains and continents ...
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... consist ; and that therefore , as many hundreds or thousands of years were consumed in the construction of the whole , as there are layers in the whole of the strata - is to take for granted -- not to prove the vast antiquity of THE ...
... consist ; and that therefore , as many hundreds or thousands of years were consumed in the construction of the whole , as there are layers in the whole of the strata - is to take for granted -- not to prove the vast antiquity of THE ...
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... consists , and the fact that it was erected by human hands - do not prove that millions of ages were occupied in its erection ; no theory , respecting the agents by whom it was built , and the method of their procedure , can demonstrate ...
... consists , and the fact that it was erected by human hands - do not prove that millions of ages were occupied in its erection ; no theory , respecting the agents by whom it was built , and the method of their procedure , can demonstrate ...
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... consisting of an evening and morning ; i . e . the period of a com- plete revolution of the earth on its axis . " And God divided the light from the darkness ; and God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night ; and the ...
... consisting of an evening and morning ; i . e . the period of a com- plete revolution of the earth on its axis . " And God divided the light from the darkness ; and God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night ; and the ...
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