Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting Parts of the Science. Together with an Examination of the Question, Whether the Days of Creation Were Indefinite Periods. Designed for the Use of Schools of General ReadersRobinson, Pratt, 1841 - 384 páginas |
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... height the forests of the present day ; while huge quadrupeds , of unknown tribes , inhabited the higher grounds , where they reigned lords of the creation . Probably these are the remains of animals which were known to Noah and his ...
... height the forests of the present day ; while huge quadrupeds , of unknown tribes , inhabited the higher grounds , where they reigned lords of the creation . Probably these are the remains of animals which were known to Noah and his ...
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... heights , Tertiary strata , of Long Island , Tiger killed on the Lena , of veins , Werner's , Theory of the earth , Burnet's , . 210 325 91 34 34 34 35 . 36 170 87 238 131 · • . 210 210 · Trilobite , Trap , origin of , mountains of ...
... heights , Tertiary strata , of Long Island , Tiger killed on the Lena , of veins , Werner's , Theory of the earth , Burnet's , . 210 325 91 34 34 34 35 . 36 170 87 238 131 · • . 210 210 · Trilobite , Trap , origin of , mountains of ...
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... height of about 45 miles above every part of the earth . The heat which is constantly radiating from the earth , is absorbed by the atmosphere , so that its temperature in hot climates often exceeds that of the human system . That the ...
... height of about 45 miles above every part of the earth . The heat which is constantly radiating from the earth , is absorbed by the atmosphere , so that its temperature in hot climates often exceeds that of the human system . That the ...
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... Height in feet . Lat . Height in feet . 0 ° 15,207 45 ° 7,671 5 15,095 50 6,334 10 14,761 55 5,034 15 14,220 60 3,818 20 13,478 65 2,722 25 12,557 70 1,778 30 11,484 75 1,016 35 10,287 80 457 40 9,001 85 117 From this table , we learn ...
... Height in feet . Lat . Height in feet . 0 ° 15,207 45 ° 7,671 5 15,095 50 6,334 10 14,761 55 5,034 15 14,220 60 3,818 20 13,478 65 2,722 25 12,557 70 1,778 30 11,484 75 1,016 35 10,287 80 457 40 9,001 85 117 From this table , we learn ...
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... height of Erie above Ontario is , according to Mr. Featherstonhaugh , 322 feet . On flowing out of the upper lake , the river is almost on a level with its banks , so that if it should rise perpendicular- ly eight or ten feet , it would ...
... height of Erie above Ontario is , according to Mr. Featherstonhaugh , 322 feet . On flowing out of the upper lake , the river is almost on a level with its banks , so that if it should rise perpendicular- ly eight or ten feet , it would ...
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Página 365 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Página 337 - 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 314 - Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth"; 1 VOID : empty.
Página 331 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Página 324 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 317 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Página 99 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Página 100 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Página 323 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 319 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth and in the open firmament of heaven.