The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836 - Natural theology |
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... heat , the passage of the first consolidated portions of this fluid , or nebulous matter , to a solid state may have been produced by the radiation of heat from its surface into space ; the gradual abstraction of such heat would allow ...
... heat , the passage of the first consolidated portions of this fluid , or nebulous matter , to a solid state may have been produced by the radiation of heat from its surface into space ; the gradual abstraction of such heat would allow ...
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... heat . From this fluid mass of metals , and metalloid bases of the earths , and alkalies , the first granitic crust appears to have been formed , by oxidation of these bases ; and subsequently broken into fragments , disposed at unequal ...
... heat . From this fluid mass of metals , and metalloid bases of the earths , and alkalies , the first granitic crust appears to have been formed , by oxidation of these bases ; and subsequently broken into fragments , disposed at unequal ...
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... heat , it should be understood , that al- though heat is in this case referred to as one cause of the consolidation of strata , there are other causes which have operated largely to consolidate the secondary and tertiary strata , which ...
... heat , it should be understood , that al- though heat is in this case referred to as one cause of the consolidation of strata , there are other causes which have operated largely to consolidate the secondary and tertiary strata , which ...
Contents
OF THE FIRST VOLUME | 25 |
Relation of Unstratified to stratified Rocks | 39 |
Primary stratified Rocks | 48 |
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