An Elementary Treatise on Geology: Determining Fundamental Points in that Science, and Containing an Examination of Some Modern Geological Systems, and Particularly of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthF.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 - 415 pages |
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... bottom of the sea , and the consolida- tion , by heat , of the mineral strata . 179. Examination of the probability of the existence of such a power , and of the mode of its action . 180. Mr. Playfair deduces its existence from the ...
... bottom of the sea , and the consolida- tion , by heat , of the mineral strata . 179. Examination of the probability of the existence of such a power , and of the mode of its action . 180. Mr. Playfair deduces its existence from the ...
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... bottom of the ancient sea , their máterials must either have proceeded from the lands which surrounded it , or have been separated from the liquid which composed it . Per- emptory exclusion of the first of these propositions . 195. Esta ...
... bottom of the ancient sea , their máterials must either have proceeded from the lands which surrounded it , or have been separated from the liquid which composed it . Per- emptory exclusion of the first of these propositions . 195. Esta ...
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... bottom of pre - existing ca- verns into which they had sunk , and impossibility of the suspen- sion of fractured continents over caverns formed by the very act of their elevation . 211 , 212 , Indignation of Mr. Playfair against M. De ...
... bottom of pre - existing ca- verns into which they had sunk , and impossibility of the suspen- sion of fractured continents over caverns formed by the very act of their elevation . 211 , 212 , Indignation of Mr. Playfair against M. De ...
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... bottom of a bed of fossile peat , under stony strata , in Mount Mesner . 269 , 270. Large masses of calcareous stone , in a valley in Hildesheim , of a nature different from that of all the neighbouring calcareous mountains . 271 ...
... bottom of a bed of fossile peat , under stony strata , in Mount Mesner . 269 , 270. Large masses of calcareous stone , in a valley in Hildesheim , of a nature different from that of all the neighbouring calcareous mountains . 271 ...
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... bottom of the sea , far more powerful than any action of water upon the continents . 288. Necessity of atten tively considering the subject in every part . 289. Mr. Playfair invited to farther discussion . 290. REVIEW OF THE POINTS ...
... bottom of the sea , far more powerful than any action of water upon the continents . 288. Necessity of atten tively considering the subject in every part . 289. Mr. Playfair invited to farther discussion . 290. REVIEW OF THE POINTS ...
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abrupt action adduced alluvial land Alps already ancient appear ascribed attention birth bottom breccia calcareous calcareous stone catastrophes causes caverns circumstance composed consequence considerable considered continents declivity Deluge earth effects elevation evident existence expansible fluids facts formation formed fractured fragments Genesis geologists geology globe gravel heat hills horizontal Hutton hypothesis inclined Jura Kirwan lake of Bienne lake of Geneva lake of Neuchatel latter lavas Letters to Dr liquid masses of strata materials mineral strata Mont Blanc Mont Jura monuments MOSES moun natural philosophy nature neral NOAH object observed operations opinion origin passage phenomena phenomenon plains Playfair precipitations present proceed produced proof remark respect Rhone ridge rivers rock running waters Salève Saussure Saussure's schistus side soil subsidence substances sufficient summit sunk supposed surface tains tion toises trace Urseren valley vallies Vaulion vertical Voirons volcanos whence whole
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Page 400 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that Is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; 15 from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Page 389 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 392 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 385 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 389 - 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.
Page 399 - And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Page 402 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 399 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 84 - ... combined with the inequality of hardness in the rocks, prove, that the present line of the shore has been determined by the action of the sea. The naked and precipitous cliffs which overhang the deep, the rocks hollowed, perforated, as they are farther advanced in the sea, and at last insulated, lead to the same conclusion, and mark very clearly so many different stages of decay. It is true, we do not see the successive steps of this progress exemplified in the states of...
Page 89 - Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportioned to its size, and all of them together forming a system of valleys, communicating with one another, and having such a nice adjustment of their declivities, that none of them join the principal valley, either on too high or too low a level...