The Course of Creation

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Author

Anderson, John, 1795?-1864

Title

The course of creation

Original Publication

United States: Wm. H. Moore & Co., 1851.

Credits

Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Geology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70648

Release Date

April 27, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE COURSE OF CREATION.
5. 5.GEOLOGY OF SCOTLAND. PART I.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE GRAMPIANS. PRIMARY ROCKS.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE SILURIAN SYSTEM. FIRST TRACES OF LIFE.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE DEVONIAN SYSTEM, OR OLD RED SANDSTONE.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. YELLOW SANDSTONE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. TRAP ROCKS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM—PERIOD OF GIGANTIC VEGETABLES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF COAL—GREAT COAL FIELD OF PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA AND OHIO—COAL DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND KENTUCKY—ECONOMIC HISTORY—CONDITIONS OF FORMATION.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF FIFESHIRE—DIVISIONS OF THE COAL-FIELD.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS— Continued .
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE LAMMERMUIRS—THE BORDER LAND—GENERAL STRUCTURE OF SCOTLAND.
17. 17.ENGLAND. PART II.
18. 18.CHAPTER I. ENGLAND—GENERAL SKETCH.
19. 19.CHAPTER II. THE PERMIAN SYSTEM—NEW RED SANDSTONE.
20. 20.CHAPTER III. THE OOLITIC OR JURASSIC SYSTEM—AGE OF REPTILES.
21. 21.CHAPTER IV. THE WEALDEN FORMATION.
22. 22.CHAPTER V. THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM.
23. 23.CHAPTER VI. THE TERTIARY SYSTEM.
24. 24.CHAPTER VII. THE MAMMOTH PERIOD.
25. 25.FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. PART III.
26. 26.CHAPTER I. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF FRANCE—BASIN OF PARIS. ORGANIC REMAINS.
27. 27.CHAPTER II. THE ALPS—MONT BLANC.
28. 28.CHAPTER III. THICKNESS OF THE EARTH’S CRUST—CENTRAL HEAT.
29. 29.GENERAL PRINCIPLES. PART IV.
30. 30.CHAPTER I. RÉSUMÉ.
31. 31.CHAPTER II. THEORIES OF ORGANIC LIFE.
32. 32.CHAPTER III. ANALOGICAL ORDER—PHYSICAL AND MORAL—OF PROGRESSION.
33. 33.CHAPTER IV. CAUSES OF EXTINCTION OF ORGANIC LIFE.
34. 34.CHAPTER V. TIME, AND THE GEOLOGICAL EPOCHS.
35. 35.CHAPTER VI. THE MOSAIC RECORD—ACCOUNT OF CREATION.
36. 36.CONCLUSION. THE CREATOR.
37. 37.FOOTNOTES
38. 38.GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS.

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