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 - Всего страниц: 414 |
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... I do , neither will I confine my felf to follow the Author from Chapter to Chapter , and find Fault with every thing contain'd in the Theory Theory , least it should look more like fpite- fulness 22 The Introduction .
... I do , neither will I confine my felf to follow the Author from Chapter to Chapter , and find Fault with every thing contain'd in the Theory Theory , least it should look more like fpite- fulness 22 The Introduction .
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... follow here , and the more oily and light parts of this Maffe would get above the other and fwim upon it . Thus would the whole Maffe of liquids be divided into two lefler Maffes . Now if we look over again these two great Maffes of Air ...
... follow here , and the more oily and light parts of this Maffe would get above the other and fwim upon it . Thus would the whole Maffe of liquids be divided into two lefler Maffes . Now if we look over again these two great Maffes of Air ...
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... 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 , it being well known that there are ...
... 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 , it being well known that there are ...
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... follow from Mechanical principles and Natural caufes , is , that if all were fluid , the heaviest and folideft Bodies would fubfide and fall to the Center , every one taking place according to the fpecifick gravity ; fo that the lighter ...
... follow from Mechanical principles and Natural caufes , is , that if all were fluid , the heaviest and folideft Bodies would fubfide and fall to the Center , every one taking place according to the fpecifick gravity ; fo that the lighter ...
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... 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 falfe as ' tis bold and daring . I ...
... 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 falfe as ' tis bold and daring . I ...
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Стр. 236 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...