A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volume 1J. 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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Page 72
... ossifying matter , the bones 66 66 66 increase till the hardness resists a further exten- sion ; and that hardness increasing while they are growing , the increase of their growth be- " comes slower and slower , till they cease to ...
... ossifying matter , the bones 66 66 66 increase till the hardness resists a further exten- sion ; and that hardness increasing while they are growing , the increase of their growth be- " comes slower and slower , till they cease to ...
Page 73
... ossification , which has been described . 66 From hence we obtain this first principle , with respect to the first formations of animal matter ; that in those first formations the Creating Agent anticipated , by an immediate act ...
... ossification , which has been described . 66 From hence we obtain this first principle , with respect to the first formations of animal matter ; that in those first formations the Creating Agent anticipated , by an immediate act ...
Page 74
... ossifying “ matter , until it ceased to grow at all . ” Physically true as this reasoning would appear to be , it would nevertheless be morally and really false . Why would it be false ? Because it con- cluded from mere sensible ...
... ossifying “ matter , until it ceased to grow at all . ” Physically true as this reasoning would appear to be , it would nevertheless be morally and really false . Why would it be false ? Because it con- cluded from mere sensible ...
Page 83
... ossification , and ligni- fication , of which they nevertheless must have exhibited the sensible phenomena or apparent indica- tions ; so , reason directs us to conclude , that primitive rock , whose solidity was equally essential for ...
... ossification , and ligni- fication , of which they nevertheless must have exhibited the sensible phenomena or apparent indica- tions ; so , reason directs us to conclude , that primitive rock , whose solidity was equally essential for ...
Page 84
... ossification , or primi- tive immediate lignification . It matters not to this argument , as was before observed , whether the mineral geology adopts the neptunian or the vulcanian scheme ; whether it sees in the phenomena of minerals ...
... ossification , or primi- tive immediate lignification . It matters not to this argument , as was before observed , whether the mineral geology adopts the neptunian or the vulcanian scheme ; whether it sees in the phenomena of minerals ...
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