Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... pebbles are a principal element , and ordi- nary sand and gravel . Instead of crystals , they are aggregates of grains , or concretions of minute parti- cles by a law wholly unlike that of geometric crystallization . The theory thus ...
... pebbles are a principal element , and ordi- nary sand and gravel . Instead of crystals , they are aggregates of grains , or concretions of minute parti- cles by a law wholly unlike that of geometric crystallization . The theory thus ...
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... ever , by that process , spread a layer of pebbles , sand , or the most comminuted mud over the whole bed of a spacious sea ; nor bear any appreciable quantity of matter more RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 247.
... ever , by that process , spread a layer of pebbles , sand , or the most comminuted mud over the whole bed of a spacious sea ; nor bear any appreciable quantity of matter more RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 247.
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... pebbles , moreover , that enter into the composition of many of their layers , instead of being sorted according to size and weight so that they regularly decrease in dimensions in one direction , and increase in the other , as in the ...
... pebbles , moreover , that enter into the composition of many of their layers , instead of being sorted according to size and weight so that they regularly decrease in dimensions in one direction , and increase in the other , as in the ...
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... pebbles : it could not have been spread over the bed of the ocean : it could not have been assorted according to the materials of which it con- sists , and formed into separate layers of sandstone , limestone , and shale . There is not ...
... pebbles : it could not have been spread over the bed of the ocean : it could not have been assorted according to the materials of which it con- sists , and formed into separate layers of sandstone , limestone , and shale . There is not ...
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... pebbles or sand over more than a very limited space ? State the reason that it could not . What is his theory in respect to a change of the points at which rivers enter the ocean ? Could such changes ever enable them to spread their ...
... pebbles or sand over more than a very limited space ? State the reason that it could not . What is his theory in respect to a change of the points at which rivers enter the ocean ? Could such changes ever enable them to spread their ...
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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...