Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... causes , but that they are to be regarded as having been produced by an agency of essentially the same energy as that by which these causes are now giving birth to similar effects ; as the result " of one uniform system of change in the ...
... causes , but that they are to be regarded as having been produced by an agency of essentially the same energy as that by which these causes are now giving birth to similar effects ; as the result " of one uniform system of change in the ...
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... causes now in opera- tion did formerly act with greater energy than at present ; yet he will still see the necessity of allowing periods of time vastly extended to form the fossiliferous rocks , unless he admit without proof that the ...
... causes now in opera- tion did formerly act with greater energy than at present ; yet he will still see the necessity of allowing periods of time vastly extended to form the fossiliferous rocks , unless he admit without proof that the ...
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... causes con- tinued during a period of at least a certain duration , and yet have chosen to employ other agencies , of whose charac ter and laws we know nothing , or have accomplished the whole by the immediate fiat of his omnipotence ...
... causes con- tinued during a period of at least a certain duration , and yet have chosen to employ other agencies , of whose charac ter and laws we know nothing , or have accomplished the whole by the immediate fiat of his omnipotence ...
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... causes to which they owe their origin , which men " of letters " and theologians capable of distinguishing a fallacy from a legitimate induction , are as adequate to confute as those of any other profession . That this considera- tion ...
... causes to which they owe their origin , which men " of letters " and theologians capable of distinguishing a fallacy from a legitimate induction , are as adequate to confute as those of any other profession . That this considera- tion ...
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... causes of geological effects , and the scale on which they are now acting is taken as the exponent of their capacity ... causes . And finally , it results also , that no geological events can be assumed to have been wrought by those ...
... causes of geological effects , and the scale on which they are now acting is taken as the exponent of their capacity ... causes . And finally , it results also , that no geological events can be assumed to have been wrought by those ...
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Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories David Nevins Lord Vista completa - 1857 |
Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories David Nevins Lord Vista completa - 1855 |
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