Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... vast period was occupied in their formation , is it not clear that no hypothesis respecting the rate at which their formation was accom- plished , can demonstrate it ? May it not be as conclusively proved by their mode of reasoning ...
... vast period was occupied in their formation , is it not clear that no hypothesis respecting the rate at which their formation was accom- plished , can demonstrate it ? May it not be as conclusively proved by their mode of reasoning ...
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... vast intervals of time , during which man and the other creatures of his own date had not been called into being . Periods such as these belong not therefore to the moral history of our race , and come neither within the letter nor the ...
... vast intervals of time , during which man and the other creatures of his own date had not been called into being . Periods such as these belong not therefore to the moral history of our race , and come neither within the letter nor the ...
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... vast interval , and occupied by such a stupen- dous series of creative acts , intervened between the fiat which called the heavens and earth into existence , and the six days of the Mosaic creation , why should the Most High , in ...
... vast interval , and occupied by such a stupen- dous series of creative acts , intervened between the fiat which called the heavens and earth into existence , and the six days of the Mosaic creation , why should the Most High , in ...
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... vast periods , graven , as it were , on the strata themselves , that can be learned only by inspection , in the same manner as the num- ber , position , depth , and contents of the strata them- selves are . But that is altogether ...
... vast periods , graven , as it were , on the strata themselves , that can be learned only by inspection , in the same manner as the num- ber , position , depth , and contents of the strata them- selves are . But that is altogether ...
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... vast series of ages for their completion . They do not , in fact , however , adhere to that postulate , which would exclude the deposition of strata and most other important pro- cesses from the sphere of geology , and circumscribe it ...
... vast series of ages for their completion . They do not , in fact , however , adhere to that postulate , which would exclude the deposition of strata and most other important pro- cesses from the sphere of geology , and circumscribe it ...
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Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories David Nevins Lord Vista completa - 1857 |
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