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 29
... face of the deep which is a most excellent defcription of that Chaos , from which the world arofe . From it therefore the Theorift begins to frame his Antediluvian earth by the fole help of Natural and Me- chanical causes . He fuppofes ...
... face of the deep which is a most excellent defcription of that Chaos , from which the world arofe . From it therefore the Theorift begins to frame his Antediluvian earth by the fole help of Natural and Me- chanical causes . He fuppofes ...
Pagina 31
... face of the deep , which did intangle and stop them from paffing any farther , fo as mixing there with that unctuous fubftance , they did compofe a certain flime , or fat , foft earth , fpread upon the face of the wa- ters . And this ...
... face of the deep , which did intangle and stop them from paffing any farther , fo as mixing there with that unctuous fubftance , they did compofe a certain flime , or fat , foft earth , fpread upon the face of the wa- ters . And this ...
Pagina 33
... face of the oil . But this confequence will foon appear to be falfe , if we confider the true reason why fome bodies ... faces of bodies not increafing in the fame pro- portion with their folidities or weights , fmall bodies will have a ...
... face of the oil . But this confequence will foon appear to be falfe , if we confider the true reason why fome bodies ... faces of bodies not increafing in the fame pro- portion with their folidities or weights , fmall bodies will have a ...
Pagina 37
... face of the whole Orb . Thus the fut face of the World could never be inhabited by any other Animal than Fishes . But in how much wifer order than this , has the great Creator of the World placed all the Bodies of the earth , so that ...
... face of the whole Orb . Thus the fut face of the World could never be inhabited by any other Animal than Fishes . But in how much wifer order than this , has the great Creator of the World placed all the Bodies of the earth , so that ...
Pagina 40
... face of the Water . Then laftly seeing this concrete Orb of Earth upon the face of the Water would be of the fame form with the surface of the Water it was fpread upon , there being no causes that we know of , to make an inequality in ...
... face of the Water . Then laftly seeing this concrete Orb of Earth upon the face of the Water would be of the fame form with the surface of the Water it was fpread upon , there being no causes that we know of , to make an inequality in ...
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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...