The Testimony of the Rocks, Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and RevealedGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 502 pages |
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Acrogens ages ancient animals anti-geologists appearance argument bear beds birds Carboniferous character Christian cloth club mosses Coal Measures Coccosteus coniferous conifers creation creatures deluge deposits developed dicotyledonous Divine earth elephant Eocene evidence exhibited existing extinct fact feet ferns fishes Flood flora forests formations fossil fronds furnished geologic geologist globe greatly heavens Helmsdale Holoptychius Hugh Miller human hundred hyænas Illustrations inches known labors land least length Lepidodendron living Lower Old Red mammals mayhap Miocene Mosaic nature occur ocean Old Red Sandstone Oolitic organisms original Paleozoic peculiar period plants portion present principle race regarded remains remarkable represented reptiles resembles revelation rocks says scarce Scotland Scripture seems shells Sigillaria Silurian species specimens Sphenopteris stems surface Tertiary theologians thousand tion trees true truth Turrettine upper vegetable vision writer Zamia