A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With Reflections on Atheistical Philosophy, Now Exemplified in France. By Richard Joseph Sulivan, ...T. Becket, 1794 |
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Adam æther ages Alps ancient animal antediluvian appears Aristotle astronomy atmosphere attraction basaltes believe bitumen bitumen of Judea bodies bowels calcareous called cause clouds coal conceive conjecture consequently continued creation crystals degree deluge dephlogisticated Diogenes Laertius divine earth earthquakes Egyptians electric fluid elevation eruptions eternal existence feet fire Giant's Causeway globe granite Greeks ground heat heavens hence imagine inflammable inhabitants instance iron island land lava less light likewise loadstone magnetic manner mass matter metal Mont Blanc moon Moses motion mountains nature needle Newton observed occasioned ocean opinion origin particles phænomena philosophers phlogiston planets Plutarch poles present principles probably produced pyrite quantity reason regions says Scripture Scythians serpent shew Sir William Hamilton solid sphere stance stars stones strata substances subterraneous supposed surface tains thing tion Toadstone tricity truth universal vapours vegetables Vesuvius volcanos whole