A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1825 "Received well in religious circles, this work was severely censored as an unscientific attempt to treat the Book of Genesis as a manual of geology" - DNB. |
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... strata consisting of various sub- " stances , almost all of them containing innu- " merable productions of the sea . Similar strata , " similar productions , compose the hills , even to a great height . Sometimes the shells are so ...
... strata consisting of various sub- " stances , almost all of them containing innu- " merable productions of the sea . Similar strata , " similar productions , compose the hills , even to a great height . Sometimes the shells are so ...
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... strata , is an indirect proof of this . - The productions " which are supposed to be peculiar to distant seas are , in general , the " of the first examination , and of the most CHAP . IV . MINERAL AND MOSAICAL GEOLOGIES . 47.
... strata , is an indirect proof of this . - The productions " which are supposed to be peculiar to distant seas are , in general , the " of the first examination , and of the most CHAP . IV . MINERAL AND MOSAICAL GEOLOGIES . 47.
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... strata , when they experience a great concussion.- " When the concussions are sufficiently violent to fracture the vaults beneath , either primordial 66 66 or formed by the conjunctions of the lavas , or to " burst the pillars by which ...
... strata , when they experience a great concussion.- " When the concussions are sufficiently violent to fracture the vaults beneath , either primordial 66 66 or formed by the conjunctions of the lavas , or to " burst the pillars by which ...
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... strata , are ( in general ) more ancient than the horizontal strata ; and as they must necessarily have been formed in a horizontal position , they have been subsequently shifted into their inclined or vertical " position , and that too ...
... strata , are ( in general ) more ancient than the horizontal strata ; and as they must necessarily have been formed in a horizontal position , they have been subsequently shifted into their inclined or vertical " position , and that too ...
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... strata of the earth , in places often very distant from the bed which the sea actually occupies . In vain would any one attri- " bute these phenomena to the Universal Deluge ; " we have shewn , under the article FosSILES , ' " that that ...
... strata of the earth , in places often very distant from the bed which the sea actually occupies . In vain would any one attri- " bute these phenomena to the Universal Deluge ; " we have shewn , under the article FosSILES , ' " that that ...
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