A treatise on the Deluge. Containing: I. Remarks on the Lord Bishop of Clogher's account. Of that event. II. A full explanation of the scripture history of it. III. A collection of all. The principal heathen accounts. IV. Natural proofs of the Deluge. Deduced from a great variety of circumstances, on and in the terraqueous globe. And, under the foregoing general articles, the following particulars will be occasionally discussed and proved, viz. The time when, and the manner how America wa first peopled.--The Mosaic account of the deluge written by inspiration.--the certainty of an abyss of water within the earth.--The reality of an inner globe or central nucleus.--The cause of the subterranean vapour, and of earthquakes.--The origin of springs, lakes, &c.--The formation of mountains, hills, dales, vallies, &c.--The means by which the bed of the ocean was formed.--The cause of caverns or natural grottos; with a description of the most remarkable, especially those in England.--Also an explication of several lesser phænomena in nature... / [Alexander Catcott].

  • Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779
Date:
1761
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Credit: A treatise on the Deluge. Containing: I. Remarks on the Lord Bishop of Clogher's account. Of that event. II. A full explanation of the scripture history of it. III. A collection of all. The principal heathen accounts. IV. Natural proofs of the Deluge. Deduced from a great variety of circumstances, on and in the terraqueous globe. And, under the foregoing general articles, the following particulars will be occasionally discussed and proved, viz. The time when, and the manner how America wa first peopled.--The Mosaic account of the deluge written by inspiration.--the certainty of an abyss of water within the earth.--The reality of an inner globe or central nucleus.--The cause of the subterranean vapour, and of earthquakes.--The origin of springs, lakes, &c.--The formation of mountains, hills, dales, vallies, &c.--The means by which the bed of the ocean was formed.--The cause of caverns or natural grottos; with a description of the most remarkable, especially those in England.--Also an explication of several lesser phænomena in nature... / [Alexander Catcott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    v 1 ■ 874or ' 7 A TREATISE ON THE DELUGE. CONTAINING i I. Remarks on the Lord Bifhop of Clogher’s Ac¬ count of that Event. II. A full Explanation of the Scripture Eliftory of it. III. A Collection of all the principal Heathen Accounts. IY. Natural Proofs of the Deluge, deduced from a great Variety of Circumftances, on and in the terraqueous Globe. AND, Under the foregoing general ARTICLES* The following Particulars will be occafionally difculfed and proved, viz. The Time when, and the Manner how America was firft peopled.—- The Mofaic Account of the Deluge written by Infpiration.—The Certainty of an Abyfs of Water within the earth.—-The Reality of an inner Globe or central Nucleus.—The Caufe of the fubterranean Vapour and of Earthquakes.—The Origin of Springs, Lakes, &c. ■—The Formation of Mountains, Hills', Dales, Vallies, & c.—The Means by which the Bed of the Ocean was formed.—The Caufe of Caverns or natural Grottos; with a Defcription of the moll remarkable, efpecially thofe in England.—Alfo an Explication of feveral lelfer Phenomena in Nature. Adorned with a Copper-Plate, reprefenting the internal Strudture of t the terraqueous Globe, from the Center to the Circumference. BY A. CATCOTT, Lecturer of St. Johns, in the City of Bristol. MM——n—.————ummtmm————m ■ , i»i » ■■ I I.n rr\ttrr' • --ii-r , mi 1 ■ i i i n w«li —■■■mi ■ in.. , mm, T- LONDON: Sold by M. Withers, at the feven Stars, in Fleet-freet; and D. Prince, in Oxford, 1761. Where alfo may be had,—Remarks on the Lord Bifhcp of Clogher’s Expla¬ nation of the Mofaic WJlory of the Creation and Formation of this World, &c.