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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... less carefully than the immediate , and until the circumstances have been distinguished by which the phenomena , are connected with each other . 81. a . A previous assemblage of solid general principles leads to the only safe way in ...
... less carefully than the immediate , and until the circumstances have been distinguished by which the phenomena , are connected with each other . 81. a . A previous assemblage of solid general principles leads to the only safe way in ...
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... less retarded by ignorance than by error . 2. No sooner had physical inquiries been so far pursued as to lead to the observation of phenomena , which B 1 which indicated a series of past effects , than PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON GEOLOGY ...
... less retarded by ignorance than by error . 2. No sooner had physical inquiries been so far pursued as to lead to the observation of phenomena , which B 1 which indicated a series of past effects , than PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON GEOLOGY ...
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... less true than they are important ; who appears invariably to proceed with the most guarded caution , and knows how to diffuse a peculiar interest upon the discussion of scientific subjects . In • In order to give some general idea of the .
... less true than they are important ; who appears invariably to proceed with the most guarded caution , and knows how to diffuse a peculiar interest upon the discussion of scientific subjects . In • In order to give some general idea of the .
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... less hurt- " ful than despair , and inactivity is more dangerous " than error . One reason of the rapid succession " of geological theories , is the mistake that has been " made as to their object , and the folly of attempting << to ...
... less hurt- " ful than despair , and inactivity is more dangerous " than error . One reason of the rapid succession " of geological theories , is the mistake that has been " made as to their object , and the folly of attempting << to ...
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... the advancement of science , provided they were studied with less of the impatience and pre- sumption , which , till then , had prevailed among phi- losophers . C losophers . In his cogitata prefixed to the de Aug- 17.
... the advancement of science , provided they were studied with less of the impatience and pre- sumption , which , till then , had prevailed among phi- losophers . C losophers . In his cogitata prefixed to the de Aug- 17.
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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...