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 |
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Pagina 15
whole Cartefan system must of necessity fall to the ground and that world , whose
origina . tion he pretended to have deduced from Mechanical principles , must be
a wild chimera of his own imagination . . I cannot pass without refle & ting upon ...
whole Cartefan system must of necessity fall to the ground and that world , whose
origina . tion he pretended to have deduced from Mechanical principles , must be
a wild chimera of his own imagination . . I cannot pass without refle & ting upon ...
Pagina 31
... only Des Cartes being somewhat wiser than the Theorift , would not allow the
outward crust , within whose bowels the waters were shut up , to be a habitable
earth , knowing well that neither man nor beast could live long without water .
... only Des Cartes being somewhat wiser than the Theorift , would not allow the
outward crust , within whose bowels the waters were shut up , to be a habitable
earth , knowing well that neither man nor beast could live long without water .
Pagina 126
Now to Calculate the water the Ocean receives from the Rivers , we must
consider some great river whose breadth depth and swiftness are best known ,
such is the Po which pafles through Lombardy and waters a large Country of 380
miles in ...
Now to Calculate the water the Ocean receives from the Rivers , we must
consider some great river whose breadth depth and swiftness are best known ,
such is the Po which pafles through Lombardy and waters a large Country of 380
miles in ...
Pagina 175
... was equal to a Cylinder , whose base was equal to the Surface of the Land ,
and its height two miles . And because in two miles there are eight quarters of
one mile , it is plain , that the water , which was necessary to cover the Land ,
must be ...
... was equal to a Cylinder , whose base was equal to the Surface of the Land ,
and its height two miles . And because in two miles there are eight quarters of
one mile , it is plain , that the water , which was necessary to cover the Land ,
must be ...
Pagina 212
I answer , that upon the same consideration I cannot see how any part of it should
be habitable ; for there being no open Sea , whose surface is expos'd to the heat
of the Sun , I cannot imagine how there could be vapours enough drawn up to ...
I answer , that upon the same consideration I cannot see how any part of it should
be habitable ; for there being no open Sea , whose surface is expos'd to the heat
of the Sun , I cannot imagine how there could be vapours enough drawn up to ...
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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.
Pagina 29 - 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...
Bibliografische gegevens
| 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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