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 páginas |
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... thence he endeavours to fhew , how , by the neceffary laws of Mechanifme , without any extraordinary concurrence of the Divine Power , the world and all that therein is might have been produced . Nay he was fo bold , that he pretended ...
... thence he endeavours to fhew , how , by the neceffary laws of Mechanifme , without any extraordinary concurrence of the Divine Power , the world and all that therein is might have been produced . Nay he was fo bold , that he pretended ...
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... thence , I think , it does neceffarily follow , that those terreftrial particles must also be hea- vier than the oily fluid which is lighter than water , and therefore they will more eafily defcend thro ' it than they did thro ' water ...
... thence , I think , it does neceffarily follow , that those terreftrial particles must also be hea- vier than the oily fluid which is lighter than water , and therefore they will more eafily defcend thro ' it than they did thro ' water ...
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... thence it will demon- ftratively follow that they were in the primi- tive earth as well as in ours . And therefore the groundless affertion of the Theorist that the face of the Antediluvian earth was fmooth regular and uniform , is as ...
... thence it will demon- ftratively follow that they were in the primi- tive earth as well as in ours . And therefore the groundless affertion of the Theorist that the face of the Antediluvian earth was fmooth regular and uniform , is as ...
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... thence it does evidently follow , that Mountains were before the floud . And therefore his affertion that the primitive earth was fmooth , regular and uniform , is falfe and abfurd . E 2 CHAP . CHA P. IV . Of the Perpendicular pofition ...
... thence it does evidently follow , that Mountains were before the floud . And therefore his affertion that the primitive earth was fmooth , regular and uniform , is falfe and abfurd . E 2 CHAP . CHA P. IV . Of the Perpendicular pofition ...
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... thence arifes the variety of Seafons , and different degrees of heat and cold . We per- ceive in the Spring time , that we have the heat of the Sun ftill increafing in fuch a measure , as the Plants require for their nutri- tion and ...
... thence arifes the variety of Seafons , and different degrees of heat and cold . We per- ceive in the Spring time , that we have the heat of the Sun ftill increafing in fuch a measure , as the Plants require for their nutri- tion and ...
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Página 236 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...