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Pagina 31
... knowing well that neither man nor beast could live long without water . But he
made the crust first broken , and the waters flow qut , before he plac'd any
inhabitants on it . Another Imall difference betwixt the cwo hypotheses , is , is ,
that Mons ...
... knowing well that neither man nor beast could live long without water . But he
made the crust first broken , and the waters flow qut , before he plac'd any
inhabitants on it . Another Imall difference betwixt the cwo hypotheses , is , is ,
that Mons ...
Pagina 64
Another Argument which may be brought to convince the Theorist that the axis of
the earth was at first inclined to the plane of the ecliptick as it is now , is , that it is
certain by observation that Saturn and Jupiter ( whom the Theorist will allow to ...
Another Argument which may be brought to convince the Theorist that the axis of
the earth was at first inclined to the plane of the ecliptick as it is now , is , that it is
certain by observation that Saturn and Jupiter ( whom the Theorist will allow to ...
Pagina 71
These indeed are great difficulties , and the Theorist has acknowledged them to
be such , for he says there was nothing in his whole Theory that gave so rude a
stop to his thoughts as that part of it concerning the Rivers of the first Earth . But
as ...
These indeed are great difficulties , and the Theorist has acknowledged them to
be such , for he says there was nothing in his whole Theory that gave so rude a
stop to his thoughts as that part of it concerning the Rivers of the first Earth . But
as ...
Pagina 87
Now whatever Bodies either solid or Auid , are brought and laid upon the surface
of the Earth at B , thefe being drawn or putht with the same accelerating force ,
either to the · Pole or the Æquator , that the first fluid had , which was constituted
at ...
Now whatever Bodies either solid or Auid , are brought and laid upon the surface
of the Earth at B , thefe being drawn or putht with the same accelerating force ,
either to the · Pole or the Æquator , that the first fluid had , which was constituted
at ...
Pagina 113
... its Axis longer than the Diameter of its Æquator ; but if he had understood the
first six Elements of Euclid , or indeed those of common sense he might easily
have I have demonstrated the contrary : it is strange that when Of the Theory .
113.
... its Axis longer than the Diameter of its Æquator ; but if he had understood the
first six Elements of Euclid , or indeed those of common sense he might easily
have I have demonstrated the contrary : it is strange that when Of the Theory .
113.
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Pagina 232 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Pagina 233 - 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 232 - 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 232 - 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 29 - ... 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 15 - 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 28 - 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.
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| Titel | 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 Theory |
| Auteur | John Keill |
| Editie | 2 |
| Uitgever | H. Clements, 1734 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 14 april 2006 |
| Lengte | 414 pagina's |
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