The scriptural history of the earth and of mankind, compared with the cosmogonies, chronologies, and original traditions of ancient nations; an abstract and review of several modern systems; with an attempt to explain philosophically, the Mosaical account of the creation and deluge and to deduce from this last event the causes of the actual structure of the earth, in a series of letters / With notes and illustrations. By Philip Howard.

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The scriptural history of the earth and of mankind, compared with the cosmogonies, chronologies, and original traditions of ancient nations; an abstract and review of several modern systems; with an attempt to explain philosophically, the Mosaical account of the creation and deluge and to deduce from this last event the causes of the actual structure of the earth, in a series of letters / With notes and illustrations. By Philip Howard. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for R. Faulder, 1797.

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vi, 2 unnumbered pages, 602 pages, 1 leaf ; (4to)

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Caption title: Thoughts on the structure of this globe
"The substance of the following work was published in two letters in the French language ... 1786. It has since been revised, corrected and considerably enlarged"--Preface.

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ESTC T114867

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