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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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and destroyed che Wwhole Farrh, and out oF wtrich
onty Noah and chose wich him in che ArK esca
ped.
Nlen have Been very Collicirois 1o account sor
Ehis dismat Judement, Philolophically, and e0 dis-
corer from whence luch an amaxine (uancicy ol
Nater could come aS WaS necesarY EO cOver al
our Globe co che heighe et rs Cubirs above che
tighest FTilIS, FOF 1O ThaE heiphE Moses CaitH ex
2. Thac durins cherime ot che Deluge, wohille
the Wacer Was our uxon and corered the Terre
Atrial Clobe, all che Stone and Marble oF cheAnce
diturian Farch; aII ehe Metals in ic; all che Mi-
neral Concrerions; and in a word, aII Forils
Wharever chac had betore arrained any solidiry
vere rotally dissolved; cheir constiruene Corpuscles
ivere dis-joined, and cheir Cohetion perfectiy ceal.
ins: And char the Caid Corpuleles of thole solid
prelly, Cen. 7. 20. the Waters prevailed; and lome Fotils, cogerher wich che Corpuleles ot chele whictu
trare made (0 bold wich him a5 to deny chere
rVere any DCOunTainS aE aII Before the Flood, cho
he expres mentions chem as a Scandard For the
25 plain as ords can deliver ic, That al the Eills
ivere noc betore Solia, Tuch as Sand, Parth, and
the like; 25 al(o all Animal Bodies and parrs ot A-
nimals Bones, Teerh, ShelIS; Vegerables and pares
Oniversatiry of che Deluge, chough the Pext be
et Vegetables, Trees, Shrubs, Flerbs; and, tobe
NIOrE, aII Bodies wharloever thac ere cirher uxon
the Farch, or chae constitured che Mals ot ic, il
over thc whole Farth vere covered. Ochers have noc quire donn e0 the AByIS, vet quire donnto
had recourse co the Miscine oF the Parrhs Centre
the srearest deprhs e erer dis; all These, helays,
oF Cravier, and so will have is Parrs all dromned evere alumed ux promiseuousty into the Water
successirelr: And our Famous Theorist, DE. Bur-
and sustained in ic, in such manner, chac che Wa.
net, makres an Farth a5 it vere on purpole 1o be
rer, and Bodies in is, rogertier made ux one com-
dromned ac thaccime, wrhich being in the form ot mon Ma(S.
an Orbicular Crust on the Face ot the sea (a5 We
3. That at lenpch all che Mals char mas chue
no call ic, for he laith chere vas none betore the born ux in che Wacer was asain precipirared and
Deluse) tell donn inco che Warer and (o dronnd subsided comard rhe Borom. And chac etiis Sub
IES IntabiCanES.
NIoW FOFmY Ovn parE, L Mould nor at all be in
care hom ro sind Water for luch a Carastrophe,
sidence happened generallr accordins co che L aws
ot Grariey: Thac Macrer, Body, or Bodies wrhich
had che grearest quantiry or depree ot Gravicy
iE chac evere ali chac appeared necellary ro enquire subsidines Arst in order, and Falling lovest; that
atter; For I could casily beliere, thac the greaE
Wrhich had chenexr, or a AiIl leser degree Ot Gra-
Creacor ot che World could soon cicher educe Sub- viry subsidins nexe atrer; and (o in cheir several
terrancan, brins donn, supercelestial, Or create Coucles: That which had che leaA Crravicy sink-
EVacerS On purpose for such an Occasion; for no-
ching can De e0o hard for Omniporence 1o eHfect,
and Ldare nor make my Onderstandins a Judee
hou far ic may. be expediene forhim eo inake
ule or his Almixts Poiver wichout secondary
Causes
But the matrer lies not here, the 5. 5. FellS US,
Thac che NVacers of chie Delupe came From rvO
Funds, the sreat Dcep belom and che Rains above;
co chele cheretore ve must Kick and look no Fur-
Cher. Apairi, Woten ive look ineo che Internal
inz noc doion eill last ot all, bur secrlins at che
Surtace ot ehe Sediment, and corerine all the rest.
Thac che Marrer sublidins chus, Formed che Strata
ot Stone, Farrh, Marble, Coal, (90. OF mich Strata
Iring one upon anocher, che Terrestrial Clobe, or
ac leastas much of ic as hach ever been displaved
ro Flumane view, doch mainly consist.
4. Thac che Scrata oF Marble, Stone, and ot
all ortier solid Macrer acrained their Solidicy, a5
Coon as the Sand or orher Macrer Whereot they
consist, iras arrived ac che Borrom, and vell ser
Parrs oF che Farrhi, even co che sreares Deprh rled chere; and char all chose strara which are (0-
Men have ever dis d or min d, wve sind chere rtiar
lid ac ehis day, have been l0 ever since chac
the Body oF che Terrestrial Globe is compoled ot timé.
Strata, Rows or Lazers lyins one over anocher.
and Wvhich appear ro every onc chac observes them
cobe theSedimenis oF a Flood; besides, in the B0.
dies ot chele Strata, chouph never (0 Colid, nay
S. Thacrhese Scrata lyins thus one on anothee
ivere all orixinally Parallet; char chey vere plain-
even, and regular, rendrins consequenely the Sur-
tace ot che Parrh even and spherical; chat chey
even incloled wichin che Solidiey of che tirmest vere concipuous and noc incerrupred or broken as
Elines, Marble, Stone, (9c. Wwe find a prodixious
ve find chem no; and chac che whiole Mass ot
variery oF che Exuviae or Remains of Fistes, uch che Wacer lay chen uxon them, above them all
is chieir SbellS, Tcerti, (96. 25 well Marine ones 25
and constirured a Fluid Sphere environins round
due Obserration ot chese, and reveared Cons.
deracions upon ehem ic ias thac etie Learned and
aII che Clobe
6. Thac atterlome rime, by che Force ol an A.
sene seared wichin che Parth, chele Strata vere
Engenious Dr. Woodmard, Professor of Physick in broken on all sides the Globe; thac chey vere dis
Crestam Collere. Founded wrtrac he delivers uxon located, and cheir Sirvation raried, beins elevared
ehis Subjeet; wrhich cheretore is nor lo much a in lome places and depressed in orhers; amd trom
Theory, as necelsary Deductions and unaroidable hence arose all che Mouncains, Valleys, and other
COn(eGUenCES AFAWM FPOM MALEEF OE FaCt.
Ana LOI MMCC iE IS, H_ SCHCC OMLY, CHaL BC
deduces che folloins inferences relarine ro che
Inequalicies oF our presene Farths surtace; all the
Caverns and Grorros, all che Perpendicular and
Florixontal Fissures; che Channel OF cheSea, al
niversal Deluse, in his Naturat Fristory of the IBands, (9C. In one ord, che whole Ferraque
siarch; volict axpear eo me very realonabole, and ous Clote nas pur, by chis Dilcuprion and Dilo
aee chele.
ne sed O che Vnresat Vese, aha on recurn
carion of the srrata, into che Condirion which we
non betiold ir. Nat. Gist. os che Earth. PAIE 2.
And attermard, in Part rhe 3d. contiderins tars
chex chis marrer ot che Oniverlal Deluse, he con.
os vie deae bre genue ton oe e eatidi, es claeo coni no dssesearuen
Fhac chese Marine Bodies, and the orher
Spoils oF Freh.wacer Fistes, vere born totlet
vece lese betrine ac Laud.