Letters on the Physical History of the Earth, Addressed to Professor Blumenbach: Containing Geological and Historical Proofs of the Divine Mission of MosesC.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1831 - 422 pages |
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... result of a desire on his part , to render the work as useful to his readers as was in his power , and at the same time to vindicate the title of his venerable friend- for such he had the privilege of esteeming the author -to the ...
... result of a desire on his part , to render the work as useful to his readers as was in his power , and at the same time to vindicate the title of his venerable friend- for such he had the privilege of esteeming the author -to the ...
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... results of geological observation 1 The able author of the " Histoire du Passage des Alpes par Annibal , " and of several scientific dissertations inserted in the Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève , " and the Transactions of the ...
... results of geological observation 1 The able author of the " Histoire du Passage des Alpes par Annibal , " and of several scientific dissertations inserted in the Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève , " and the Transactions of the ...
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... results in his " Travels . " Geology , according to the definition of De Luc , includes not only a knowledge of the phenomena ex- hibited at the earth's surface , but also the investiga- tion of the physical causes from which the actual ...
... results in his " Travels . " Geology , according to the definition of De Luc , includes not only a knowledge of the phenomena ex- hibited at the earth's surface , but also the investiga- tion of the physical causes from which the actual ...
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... results of the long and laborious researches of this great and indefatigable geologist are thus em- bodied in numerous works , which , while they place him on a level with the most distinguished philoso- phers of the age , justly ...
... results of the long and laborious researches of this great and indefatigable geologist are thus em- bodied in numerous works , which , while they place him on a level with the most distinguished philoso- phers of the age , justly ...
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... results of the long and laborious researches of this great and indefatigable geologist are thus em- bodied in numerous works , which , while they place him on a level with the most distinguished philoso- phers of the age , justly ...
... results of the long and laborious researches of this great and indefatigable geologist are thus em- bodied in numerous works , which , while they place him on a level with the most distinguished philoso- phers of the age , justly ...
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Page 174 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 190 - 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 196 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 177 - 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 174 - 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 190 - 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 191 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 91 - To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works.
Page 90 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad* the earth and the heavens.
Page 189 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.