Theology in ScienceJarrold, 1860 - 348 páginas |
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... granite , above which are deposited beds of lava and layers of slate . All these are wholly without organic remains ; not a fish then existed in the waters , not a blade of grass adorned the land , not a reptile wandered from one ...
... granite , above which are deposited beds of lava and layers of slate . All these are wholly without organic remains ; not a fish then existed in the waters , not a blade of grass adorned the land , not a reptile wandered from one ...
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... granite first , then the sandstone , then the coal , then the chalk , then the marls , gravels , and so on . Then , too , we must suppose the breaking up of the strata , the fusion of the granite and its being forced up through the ...
... granite first , then the sandstone , then the coal , then the chalk , then the marls , gravels , and so on . Then , too , we must suppose the breaking up of the strata , the fusion of the granite and its being forced up through the ...
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... granite , a depth at least of nine or ten miles . It is composed of mineral substances of very What com- various characters , called rocks . It must not be supposed that these rocks are mountains of stone , like the rocks of the sea ...
... granite , a depth at least of nine or ten miles . It is composed of mineral substances of very What com- various characters , called rocks . It must not be supposed that these rocks are mountains of stone , like the rocks of the sea ...
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... granite , a compound mineral * substance , com- posed of crystalline grains , varying in size from a pin's head , to ... granites form the basis of the earth's crust , all other rocks being piled above them . They are always of a ...
... granite , a compound mineral * substance , com- posed of crystalline grains , varying in size from a pin's head , to ... granites form the basis of the earth's crust , all other rocks being piled above them . They are always of a ...
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... granite swept away by water and deposited as a sediment . Sometimes one ingredient of the granite What else preponderates over the other two , or is alto- gether missing . If the flint earth or quartz preponderates , the sediment is ...
... granite swept away by water and deposited as a sediment . Sometimes one ingredient of the granite What else preponderates over the other two , or is alto- gether missing . If the flint earth or quartz preponderates , the sediment is ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 165 - Europe, is the site of two of the greatest river-systems of the earth, that of the Mississippi with its affluents, and that of the St. Lawrence with the chain of the Canadian Lakes. No prominent elevation appears between these rivers pursuing different directions, serving as a water-shed ; and as little observable is the elevation of the partition which separates the streams flowing to the St. Lawrence and to Hudson's Bay. Both have a very gentle...
Página 97 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Página 101 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Página 104 - He putteth forth his hand upon the rock ; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks ; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Página 103 - When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Página 99 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 111 - Romans, where death is said to be the consequence of sin : " By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
Página 323 - That all mankind did spring from one original, and that there are no different species among men. For God who made the world, hath made of one blood all the nations of men that dwell on all the face of the earth.
Página 100 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so.