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Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS
Date: 1771-1876Reference: MS.1726
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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 was 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 Phaenomena in Nature. Adorned with a Copper-Plate, representing the internal Structure of the terraqueous Globe, from the Center to the Circumference. By A. Catcott, Lecturer of St. John's, in the City of Bristol.
Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779.Date: 1761
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Women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.
Reference: 15708i
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Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.
Reference: 15707i
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Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.
Harris, John, 1667?-1719Date: 1697
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The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733Date: [between 1725 and 1739]Reference: 2493580i
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Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people of Earth. Etching.
Reference: 524674i
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The divinity of Jesus Christ considered, from Scripture evidences. In three parts. I. Texts of Scripture favorable or adverse thereto. II. Conjecture on his true nature, as coutenanced by sacred writ. III. His agency in creation. To which is added, an attempt to account for the general deluge. By Lewis Nicolas. [One line of quotation]
Nicolas, Lewis.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]
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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, Esq.
Howard, Philip, -1810.Date: 1797
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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.
Howard, Philip, -1810Date: 1797
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Geologia: or, a discourse concerning the earth before the deluge. Wherein the form and properties ascribed to it, in a book intituled the Theory of the earth [by Thomas Burnet], are excepted against: and it is made toappear, that the dissolution of that earth was not the cause of the universal flood. Also a new explication of that flood is attempted / By Erasmus Warren.
Warren, ErasmusDate: 1690
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Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, quorum I. De rebus quæ ante diluvium, II. De iis, quæ ipso diluvio ejusque duratione, III. De iis, quæ post diluvium a Noëmo gesta sunt, quæ omnia novâ methodo, nec non summa argumentorum varietate, explicantur, et demonstrantur / [Athanasius Kircher].
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680Date: 1675
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Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.
Buckland, William, 1784-1856Date: 1823
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A treatise on the solar creation and universal deluge of the earth; by which is illustrated many of the most curious points in natural philosophy. By a native of Manchester.
Lowe, John, Jun.Date: [1790?]
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Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and creation of the world. II. The general deluge, its causes and effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and future conflagration. Wherein are largely discussed the production and use of mountains; the original of fountains, of formed stones, and sea fishes bones and shells found in the earth; the effects of particular floods, and inundations of the sea; the eruptions of vulcano's; the nature and causes of earthquakes: with an historical account of those two remarkable ones in Jamaica and England. With practical inferences. Illustrated with copper plates / By John Ray.
Ray, John, 1627-1705Date: 1732
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M.D.S. Buttners Rudera diluvii testes, i.e. Zeichen und Zeugen der Sündfluth, in Ansehung des itzigen Zustandes unserer Erd- und Wasser-Kugel, insonderheit der darinnen vielfältig auch zeither in Querfurtischen Revier unterschiedlich angetroffenen : ehemahls verschwemten Thiere und Gewächse / bey dem Lichte natürlicher Weissheit betrachtet ; und nebst vielen Abbildungen zum Druck gegeben.
Büttner, David Sigismund, 1660-1719.Date: 1710
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Johannis Jacobi Scheuchzeri, Tigurini, medicinæ doctoris ... Herbarium diluvianum.
Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733Date: 1723
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An enquiry into the truth and certainty of the Mosaic deluge. Wherein the arguments of the learned Isaac Vossius, and others, for a topical deluge are examined; and some vulgar errors, relating to that grand catastrophe, are discover'd. By Patrick Cockburn, M. A. Vicar of Long-Horsley, in Northumberland.
Cockburn, Patrick, 1678-1749.Date: MDCCL. [1750]
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Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
Date: [1606]Reference: 31968i
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Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.
Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779Date: 1756
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Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.
Beaumont, John, -1731Date: 1724
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Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly, with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the mosaic account of the creation and deluge. In two parts. Part the First; Wherein his Lordship's explication of the Scripture account of the Creation and Formation of this material World is examined, and refuted; and the true explanation given By Alexander Catcott, A. B. With two explanatory Copper-Plates; one representing the Cause and Manner of the motion of the Earth on its axis and in its orbit; the other, the State of the Earth and Air on the second day of the Creation.
Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]
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A huge angel stands atop Noah's ark, its back turned towards the entwined mass of drowning creatures; people pray and one holds her baby aloft; serpents tussle among the dying. Etching by L. Friedrich after W. Kaulbach.
Kaulbach, Wilhelm von, 1804-1874Reference: 15709i
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A woman is swept away by the tempestuous deluge; a small company of people on a hill try to save themselves; a serpent slithers beside them. Mezzotint after J. Martin.
Martin, John, 1789-1854Reference: 15712i
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Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.
Buckland, William, 1784-1856Date: 1824

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Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

Women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.

The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people of Earth. Etching.

Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, quorum I. De rebus quæ ante diluvium, II. De iis, quæ ipso diluvio ejusque duratione, III. De iis, quæ post diluvium a Noëmo gesta sunt, quæ omnia novâ methodo, nec non summa argumentorum varietate, explicantur, et demonstrantur / [Athanasius Kircher].

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.

A treatise on the solar creation and universal deluge of the earth; by which is illustrated many of the most curious points in natural philosophy. By a native of Manchester.

Johannis Jacobi Scheuchzeri, Tigurini, medicinæ doctoris ... Herbarium diluvianum.

Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.

Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.

A huge angel stands atop Noah's ark, its back turned towards the entwined mass of drowning creatures; people pray and one holds her baby aloft; serpents tussle among the dying. Etching by L. Friedrich after W. Kaulbach.

A woman is swept away by the tempestuous deluge; a small company of people on a hill try to save themselves; a serpent slithers beside them. Mezzotint after J. Martin.

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.

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Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

Women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L. Truchy.

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

Remarks on some late papers relating to the universal deluge, and to the natural history of the earth / by John Harris.

The flood: people clamber for safety as rain pours down and lightning strikes the earth. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.

Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people of Earth. Etching.

Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, quorum I. De rebus quæ ante diluvium, II. De iis, quæ ipso diluvio ejusque duratione, III. De iis, quæ post diluvium a Noëmo gesta sunt, quæ omnia novâ methodo, nec non summa argumentorum varietate, explicantur, et demonstrantur / [Athanasius Kircher].

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.

A treatise on the solar creation and universal deluge of the earth; by which is illustrated many of the most curious points in natural philosophy. By a native of Manchester.

Johannis Jacobi Scheuchzeri, Tigurini, medicinæ doctoris ... Herbarium diluvianum.

Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.

Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.

A huge angel stands atop Noah's ark, its back turned towards the entwined mass of drowning creatures; people pray and one holds her baby aloft; serpents tussle among the dying. Etching by L. Friedrich after W. Kaulbach.

A woman is swept away by the tempestuous deluge; a small company of people on a hill try to save themselves; a serpent slithers beside them. Mezzotint after J. Martin.

Reliquiae diluvianae; or, observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge / By the Rev. William Buckland.

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