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 237
it began to flill, that it wasdivided only into three or four Fragments, ac-(cording to the Number of our Continents, butthofe Fragments being vaftly great, could notdefcend, at their full Breadth and Expanfion,pr at leaft could not defcend fo faft in the Mid-dle as towards the Extremities ;… … f^, } f^..: ^y^^ The Deltige and Dijjolution of the Earth. 185very fwift Motion get from under the Con-cave of it, and confeqiiently its Defcent therewould be more refifted and fufpended ; butthe Sides in the mean time would continuallydefcend, bending the Fragment with theirWeight, and fo making…
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