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 293
ovd, I doubt not,in many Refpefts, and in fome Particularitiesre<fdfied. The firfl: Attempts in great Thingsare feldom or never perfevS : Such is theWeaknefs of our Underftandings, and thewant of a full Natural Hiftory. And in af-figning Caufes of fuch great Efteds, fair Con-jeftures are to be…
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![An illustration from Io. Bap. Portae Neopolitani de distillatione lib. IX : quibus certa methodo, multipliciq[ue] artificio, penitioribus naturae arcanis detectis, cuius libet mixti in propria elementa resolutio, perfectè docetur (1608)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-iobapportaeneopo00port-25-17.webp)
