The Scripture-theory of the Earth: Throughout All Its Revolutions, and All the Periods of Its Existence, from the Creation, to the Final Renovation of All ThingsJ. and F. Rivington, 1773 - 502 Seiten |
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... poles . • But if it should be thought that the rota- tion of the earth , would not of itself be productive of this effect ; or even admit- ting that it would have no efficacy for this purpose : purpose ; yet would the very form of the ...
... poles . • But if it should be thought that the rota- tion of the earth , would not of itself be productive of this effect ; or even admit- ting that it would have no efficacy for this purpose : purpose ; yet would the very form of the ...
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... poles : For , as the earth is caft into the form of an oblate spheroid ; which is higher , and more protuberant under the equator ; and lower , and more flattened at the poles : The watery particles , by this means , would be drained ...
... poles : For , as the earth is caft into the form of an oblate spheroid ; which is higher , and more protuberant under the equator ; and lower , and more flattened at the poles : The watery particles , by this means , would be drained ...
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... poles ; without which impedi- ments , they would all run from the hot countries , and leave them without rain to refresh them ; which they now enjoy in great plenty , at certain feasons of the year , from the mountains condensing the ...
... poles ; without which impedi- ments , they would all run from the hot countries , and leave them without rain to refresh them ; which they now enjoy in great plenty , at certain feasons of the year , from the mountains condensing the ...
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... poles , was covered by water . Hence we may figure to ourselves , that the dry land formed a kind of zone † , * Ch . I. p . 27 . + Saturn's ring exhibits an appearance , not unlike the ring , or zone , here fuppofed to have been , in ...
... poles , was covered by water . Hence we may figure to ourselves , that the dry land formed a kind of zone † , * Ch . I. p . 27 . + Saturn's ring exhibits an appearance , not unlike the ring , or zone , here fuppofed to have been , in ...
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... pole , are the most unknown of all others- How far , not- withstanding , the land is known to ex- tend - What feas have been failed into -And what probable conjectures may be made concerning parts undiscovered . It is hoped greater ...
... pole , are the most unknown of all others- How far , not- withstanding , the land is known to ex- tend - What feas have been failed into -And what probable conjectures may be made concerning parts undiscovered . It is hoped greater ...
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Seite 281 - And God said : This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Seite 440 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Seite 432 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Seite 131 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Seite 279 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Seite 255 - And God set them in the firmament of 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.
Seite 495 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Seite 386 - For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent.
Seite 397 - And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem...