The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consumation of all things (1719)
Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715 · London : Printed for John Hooke · leaf 123
la^^. yy. JBcrak. t . yUi … The Deluge and DiJJolution of the Earth. 77fettle, as in Cream and thin Milk, Oil andWater, and fuch like; we cannot but con-clude, that the fame Effect would follow here,and the more oily and light part of this MafsWould get above the other, and fwim upon it.The whole Mafs being divided into two…
Creation -- Early works to 1800 · Cosmogony -- Early works to 1800
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![An illustration from Sidereus nuncius : magna, longeque admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens vnicuique, praesertim verò philosophis, atq[ue] astronomis, quae à Galileo Galileo ... perspicilli nuper à se reperti beneficio sunt obseruata in lunae facie, fixis innumeris, lacteo circulo, stellis nebulosis, apprime verò in quatuor planetis circa Iouis stellam disparibus interuallis, atque periodis, celeritate mirabili circumuolutis; quos, nemini in hanc vsque diem cognitos, nouissimè author depraehendit primus; atque Medicea sidera nuncupandos decreuit (1610)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-sidereusnunciusm00gali-20-5.webp)
