Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... supposition therefore contradicts the laws of heat and the formation of gaseous bodies . It is as unphilosophical and absurd to suppose the matter of the globe to have been created in the form of a gas , as it is to suppose that it was ...
... supposition therefore contradicts the laws of heat and the formation of gaseous bodies . It is as unphilosophical and absurd to suppose the matter of the globe to have been created in the form of a gas , as it is to suppose that it was ...
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... supposition that the materials of the strata , were drawn from mountains of granite , that were ten or fifteen miles above the level of the ocean . The strata of the earth are held by geologists , to be on an To maintain average , about ...
... supposition that the materials of the strata , were drawn from mountains of granite , that were ten or fifteen miles above the level of the ocean . The strata of the earth are held by geologists , to be on an To maintain average , about ...
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... supposition that vapors could have ascended to such a height , and fallen in the form of snow , they would for ever have remained congealed . No heat could have been developed there , sufficient to dissolve them . No rivers therefore ...
... supposition that vapors could have ascended to such a height , and fallen in the form of snow , they would for ever have remained congealed . No heat could have been developed there , sufficient to dissolve them . No rivers therefore ...
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... What is the first error from which they must keep free ? Specify one of their assumptions that is chargeable with that error . In what respect does the supposition that the earth was created in 2 THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH . 25.
... What is the first error from which they must keep free ? Specify one of their assumptions that is chargeable with that error . In what respect does the supposition that the earth was created in 2 THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH . 25.
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... supposition in which an error of that kind lurks . Why would it have been impossible that the materials of the strata should ever have been drawn from lands of such an elevation , as that supposition ascribes to the continents and ...
... supposition in which an error of that kind lurks . Why would it have been impossible that the materials of the strata should ever have been drawn from lands of such an elevation , as that supposition ascribes to the continents and ...
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