An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth: With Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory of the Earth. Also an Examination of the Reflections on the Theory of the Earth, and a Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New TheoryH. Clements, 1734 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... Diameter and adding a fourth part to ren- ❝der it Oval , viz . 1750 miles thickness ; " the earth at each Pole muft bear above " fourteen degrees latitude more than if it " had been round . So that the hypothefis " which removes its ...
... Diameter and adding a fourth part to ren- ❝der it Oval , viz . 1750 miles thickness ; " the earth at each Pole muft bear above " fourteen degrees latitude more than if it " had been round . So that the hypothefis " which removes its ...
Pagina 21
... diameter of the earth is but a point , in re- fpect of its distance from the Sun , and there- fore two lines drawn from the Suns centre to any two points of it are very near in a proportion of equality , fo that upon the ac- count of a ...
... diameter of the earth is but a point , in re- fpect of its distance from the Sun , and there- fore two lines drawn from the Suns centre to any two points of it are very near in a proportion of equality , fo that upon the ac- count of a ...
Pagina 68
... diameters parallel to themselves , and by confequence the axis which is one of them must also be parallel to its felf , for fince the time of its revolution is determined , it will perform its period in that time with the leaft motion ...
... diameters parallel to themselves , and by confequence the axis which is one of them must also be parallel to its felf , for fince the time of its revolution is determined , it will perform its period in that time with the leaft motion ...
Pagina 69
... diameters , for it is demonftrated by the writers of Hydroftaticks , that a fphere whofe centre of Gravity is the fame with its centre of Magnitude if put in a fluid of the fame fpecifick gravity with it felf , will retain any given ...
... diameters , for it is demonftrated by the writers of Hydroftaticks , that a fphere whofe centre of Gravity is the fame with its centre of Magnitude if put in a fluid of the fame fpecifick gravity with it felf , will retain any given ...
Pagina 70
... diameters . T CHA P. V. Of Rivers . HE Theorist having reprefented to us the first Earth as a fmooth regular and uniform body without Mountains and with- out a Sea ; In the 5th Chap . of his fecond book he starts a great difficulty how ...
... diameters . T CHA P. V. Of Rivers . HE Theorist having reprefented to us the first Earth as a fmooth regular and uniform body without Mountains and with- out a Sea ; In the 5th Chap . of his fecond book he starts a great difficulty how ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 236 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Pagina 237 - God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Pagina 236 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Pagina 2 - ... quite another law from this ; for the fquares of their periodical times are always as the cubes of their diftances, and therefore fince they do not obferve that law, which of neceffity they muft, if they fwim in a vortex, it is a demonftration that there are no vortices, in which the planets are carried round the fun.
Pagina 236 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Pagina 31 - ... which being once filled, all the overplus of water that comes thither runs over by the lowest place, and breaking out by the sides of the hills forms single springs...
Pagina 17 - Heaven and the earth ; and the earth was without form, and void, and darknefs was upon the face of the deep ; and the fpirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Pagina 30 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Pagina 31 - Valleys between the Ridges of the Hills, and coming to unite, form little Rivulets or Brooks : many of thefe again meeting in one common Valley, and gaining the plain Ground, being grown...