Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... relics of other rocks , and of plants , shells , the bones of fish , and the skeletons of land quadrupeds , a large share of which are of species and genera that no longer exist ; and that subsequently to their formation , most of them ...
... relics of other rocks , and of plants , shells , the bones of fish , and the skeletons of land quadrupeds , a large share of which are of species and genera that no longer exist ; and that subsequently to their formation , most of them ...
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... relics lie entombed in them . These facts are indis- putable , and are admitted as freely in our reasonings as in theirs . But the question between us is , whe- ther their hypothesis respecting the formation of the strata is legitimate ...
... relics lie entombed in them . These facts are indis- putable , and are admitted as freely in our reasonings as in theirs . But the question between us is , whe- ther their hypothesis respecting the formation of the strata is legitimate ...
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... and the vegetable and animal relics that are imbedded in them , and in some instances gives a probable hypothesis of the sources whence their materials were drawn , the means by which they were 60 FALSE NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY .
... and the vegetable and animal relics that are imbedded in them , and in some instances gives a probable hypothesis of the sources whence their materials were drawn , the means by which they were 60 FALSE NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY .
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... relics of plants and animals are imbedded , to that distant age , but exhibits those strata themselves as formed mainly from the detritus of a preceding system of mountains and continents . Thus Dr. Macculloch says : - " It is important ...
... relics of plants and animals are imbedded , to that distant age , but exhibits those strata themselves as formed mainly from the detritus of a preceding system of mountains and continents . Thus Dr. Macculloch says : - " It is important ...
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... relics are buried in the earth , had their life during the ages which they hold preceded the " wreck " and reconstruction of the globe six thousand years ago , is in like manner contradictory to the inspired history of the creative acts ...
... relics are buried in the earth , had their life during the ages which they hold preceded the " wreck " and reconstruction of the globe six thousand years ago , is in like manner contradictory to the inspired history of the creative acts ...
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Pasajes populares
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 142 - Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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 131 - 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,
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 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 142 - 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 395 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good.
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...