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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 139

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, andin larger Proportions, more like an habitableWorld; as in this Figure, where you fee thefmooth Convex of the Earth, and may ima-gine the great Abyfs fpread under it j As at theaperture a a. which two are to be the onlySubjed of our further Contemplation. In this fmooth Earth were the firft… … The Deluge a?id DiJJolution of the Earth. 91p.ocks nor Mountains, no hollow Caves, norgaping Channels, but even and uniform allover. And the Smoothnefs of the Earth madethe Face of the Heavens fo too ; the Air wasCalm and Serene ; none of thofe tumultuaryMotions and Conflid:s of Vapours, whichthe…

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