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... natural or solar day of twenty - four hours , or a period of vastly greater length . In conducting our inquiries in reference to this in- teresting subject , we observe that , reasoning analogi- cally , Nature and Providence are gradual ...
... natural or solar day of twenty - four hours , or a period of vastly greater length . In conducting our inquiries in reference to this in- teresting subject , we observe that , reasoning analogi- cally , Nature and Providence are gradual ...
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... natural day and night . Thenceforward , the di- urnal revolutions of the earth on its axis , and the lu- nar and solar revolutions of the sun and moon , estab- lished the divisions of time into days , months , and years , and the ...
... natural day and night . Thenceforward , the di- urnal revolutions of the earth on its axis , and the lu- nar and solar revolutions of the sun and moon , estab- lished the divisions of time into days , months , and years , and the ...
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... nature , ( the subject now to be discussed , ) we enquire ; - were they six natural or solar days , as measured by the revolutions of the earth on its axis once in twenty- four hours ? Or , were they six periods of greater length ? Now ...
... nature , ( the subject now to be discussed , ) we enquire ; - were they six natural or solar days , as measured by the revolutions of the earth on its axis once in twenty- four hours ? Or , were they six periods of greater length ? Now ...
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... natural or solar days , but six periods of vast length . Here we shall notice , in the first place , the point of ... natural or solar day ; and , II . That they were all not only of vast but definite , and uniform length . I. That each ...
... natural or solar days , but six periods of vast length . Here we shall notice , in the first place , the point of ... natural or solar day ; and , II . That they were all not only of vast but definite , and uniform length . I. That each ...
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... natural or solar days . 2. The physiological structure of our globe de- monstrates , that its origin is to be attributed to re- mote antiquity . Here we have to premise in the first place , that the material heavens and earth , at their ...
... natural or solar days . 2. The physiological structure of our globe de- monstrates , that its origin is to be attributed to re- mote antiquity . Here we have to premise in the first place , that the material heavens and earth , at their ...
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