An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Earth,: And Terrestrial Bodyes, Especialy Minerals: as Also of the Sea, Rivers, and Springs. : With an Account of the Universal Deluge: and of the Effects that it Had Upon the Earth |
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... leaft Some of the Ways whereby I got Light thereinto : and at the fame Time find why it is that I am fo particular in relating the Phænomena of Earth- quakes , and dwell fo long upon thất . Subject in this fhorter Work . A 4 . THESE ...
... leaft Some of the Ways whereby I got Light thereinto : and at the fame Time find why it is that I am fo particular in relating the Phænomena of Earth- quakes , and dwell fo long upon thất . Subject in this fhorter Work . A 4 . THESE ...
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... leaft ) with what I had already done ; having little Profpect of an Opportunity of car- rying on thefe Obfervations any far- ther , or of going beyond Seas , to confider the State of the Earth , and of all Sorts of Foffils , in inore di ...
... leaft ) with what I had already done ; having little Profpect of an Opportunity of car- rying on thefe Obfervations any far- ther , or of going beyond Seas , to confider the State of the Earth , and of all Sorts of Foffils , in inore di ...
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... leaft Impediment or Objection against that which I infift upon ; there be- ing fo very few of thefe in Compa- rifon of those which have under- gone no fuch Alteration . There be- ing , I fay , befides thefe , fuch vaft Multitudes of ...
... leaft Impediment or Objection against that which I infift upon ; there be- ing fo very few of thefe in Compa- rifon of those which have under- gone no fuch Alteration . There be- ing , I fay , befides thefe , fuch vaft Multitudes of ...
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... leaft Coun- tenance either from the prefent Face of the Earth , or any credible and authentick Records of the ancient State of it , I refolved to pursue this Matter fomewhat farther , and to fhew that , although there do in- deed happen ...
... leaft Coun- tenance either from the prefent Face of the Earth , or any credible and authentick Records of the ancient State of it , I refolved to pursue this Matter fomewhat farther , and to fhew that , although there do in- deed happen ...
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... leaft Signs nor Footsteps of any fuch Thing upon the Face of the whole Earth : no tolerable Foundation for fuch a Be- lief either in Nature , or Hiftory . But I foon faw very well , that the Moderns generaly entertain'dit meer- ly upon ...
... leaft Signs nor Footsteps of any fuch Thing upon the Face of the whole Earth : no tolerable Foundation for fuch a Be- lief either in Nature , or Hiftory . But I foon faw very well , that the Moderns generaly entertain'dit meer- ly upon ...
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alfo almoft amongst Animals Antients becauſe befides Belemnites Bodyes call'd Caufe Chalk Colour Conf Confect confequently confiderable confift Conftitution Coralls Corpufcles Country Deluge Earth faid fame felf fent ferve feve feveral fhall fhew fhould Fiffures fince firft Flints Foffils folid fome fometimes form'd ftill fubfiding fuch fufficient fuppofe fupra fure Gemms Globe hath Heat Hift Hiftory Intervalls Kinds laft Lapis leaft leffer lefs likewife lodg'd lodged luge Mafs Marine Bodyes metallick mineral Matter Minerals Mofes moft moſt Mountains muft muſt Nature neral Nitre Nodules Numbers Obfervations Occafion pafs Pebles Plin prefent Pyrite Quantity Rain raiſed Reafon reft Rivers Sand Sect Sorts Spar Spiracles Star-Stone Strata Stratum Subftance Sulphur Surface Teeth Terreftrial Matter thefe thefe Bodies themſelves ther Therma theſe Things thofe thofe Strata thoſe tion twas ufually univerfal uſed vaft Vapour Vegetables Vitriol Water whereof whole