Sketches of Creation: A Popular View of Some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in Reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science Respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System |
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... MOUNTAINS BE LEVELED ? .. 397 XXXVII . THE REIGN OF UNIVERSAL WINTER 402 XXXVIII . THE SUN COOLING OFF 408 XXXIX . THE MACHINERY OF THE HEAVENS RUNNING DOWN ... 417 XL . THE CYCLES OF MATTER ... 428 APPENDIX 433 • ILLUSTRATION S. No ...
... MOUNTAINS BE LEVELED ? .. 397 XXXVII . THE REIGN OF UNIVERSAL WINTER 402 XXXVIII . THE SUN COOLING OFF 408 XXXIX . THE MACHINERY OF THE HEAVENS RUNNING DOWN ... 417 XL . THE CYCLES OF MATTER ... 428 APPENDIX 433 • ILLUSTRATION S. No ...
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... mountains - since they also are made of fossiliferous strata , even to the altitude of eight thousand feet - is it likely that a hundred thousand feet of sediments would have been 28 SKETCHES OF CREATION . THE ORDEAL BY FIRE.
... mountains - since they also are made of fossiliferous strata , even to the altitude of eight thousand feet - is it likely that a hundred thousand feet of sediments would have been 28 SKETCHES OF CREATION . THE ORDEAL BY FIRE.
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... mountain , hill , and dale - continents spread out upon a thousand courses of solid masonry - are to be derived from ... mountains must yield to the melting touch of fire ; and the rigid crust of the earth must dissolve into a yield- ing ...
... mountain , hill , and dale - continents spread out upon a thousand courses of solid masonry - are to be derived from ... mountains must yield to the melting touch of fire ; and the rigid crust of the earth must dissolve into a yield- ing ...
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... mountains were quarried level by the energies of this young , fresh , and all - embracing ocean . Probably , however , the nuclei of some of our oldest mountain masses , though subsequently elevated to their present altitudes , may be ...
... mountains were quarried level by the energies of this young , fresh , and all - embracing ocean . Probably , however , the nuclei of some of our oldest mountain masses , though subsequently elevated to their present altitudes , may be ...
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... mountain ridges , which give birth to oceanic and atmospheric currents , had not yet appeared above the wave . But there must have been a succession of seasons . The winter's sun , as now , went early to his couch , and his tardy rising ...
... mountain ridges , which give birth to oceanic and atmospheric currents , had not yet appeared above the wave . But there must have been a succession of seasons . The winter's sun , as now , went early to his couch , and his tardy rising ...
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