Geology and Geologists; Or, Visions of Philosophers in the 19th Century

according affirm Almighty alterations amongst analogy of nature ancient animals appear argue argument assertion atmosphere Babbage beds Bible bones Bridgewater Treatise calculations cosmogonists creation creatures Cuvier Deity deluge deposition destroyed divine doctrine earth earthquakes epoch evidence existing species facts feet felspar fire flood formed former fossil geologists globe gneiss granite ground heat human hundred hyæna hypothesis imagine inhabitants inundation Laplace laws of nature Lord Monboddo Lyell MANDINGO materials matter minerals mode modern Geology moral Moses mountains nature's Nebular hypothesis notion ocean operations organic remains origin particles perceive period philosophers planet Plutonians present produced proof prove Pye Smith quartz reason reductio ad absurdum regard Robert Maxwell rocks scriptural Silurian similar six days speculations strata supposed surface taken place taxodium Terrestrial animals testacea testimony theory thing thousand tion travertine trees truth vapour vegetable volcanoes whilst whole wisdom wonder