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The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World: Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical ReligionWood, Thomas

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The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World: Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

Name: The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World: Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion
Author: Wood, Thomas

Wood, Thomas

Bible and science; Cosmology; Creation; Religion and science

That stones have fallen from the _clouds_ or from much _higher
regions_, is a fact which has recently been very closely investigated,
and also fully demonstrated. A table, constructed by M. Izarn, a
foreign chemist, exhibits a variety of facts of this kind, from which
the following is an extract.

  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |                     |    _Places where_    |      _Period of_     |
  |   _Substances._     |     _they fell._     |     _their fall._    |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Shower of stones.  |        At Rome.      |     Under Tullus     |
  |                     |                      |      Hostilius.      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Shower of stones.  |        At Rome.      | Consuls, C. Martius, |
  |                     |                      |   and M. Torquatus.  |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | A very large stone. |    Near the river    |    Second year of    |
  |                     |    Negos, Thrace.    |  the 78th Olympiad.  |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | Three large stones. |      In Thrace.      | Year before J.C. 452.|
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Stone of 72 lbs.   |     Near Larissa,    |    January, 1706.    |
  |                     |      Macedonia.      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | About 1,200 stones; |      Near Padua,     |       In 1510.       |
  |    one 120 lbs.     |       in Italy.      |                      |
  | Another of 60 lbs.  |                      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | Another of 59 lbs.  |   On Mount Vasier,   |  November 27, 1627.  |
  |                     |       Provence.      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Two large stones,  |       Liponas,       |   September, 1753.   |
  |  weighing 20 lbs.   |      in Bresse.      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |    A stony mass.    |   Niort, Normandy.   |       In 1750.       |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  A stone of 7½ lbs. | At Luce, in Le Maine.| September 13, 1768.  |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |      A stone.       |  At Aire, in Artois. |       In 1768.       |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |      A stone.       |    In Le Contenin.   |       In 1768.       |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Extensive shower   |   Environs of Agen.  |    July 24, 1790.    |
  |     of stones.

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Religion

The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World: Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

Wood, Thomas

Bible and science; Cosmology; Creation; Religion and science

That stones have fallen from the _clouds_ or from much _higher
regions_, is a fact which has recently been very closely investigated,
and also fully demonstrated. A table, constructed by M. Izarn, a
foreign chemist, exhibits a variety of facts of this kind, from which
the following is an extract.

  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |                     |    _Places where_    |      _Period of_     |
  |   _Substances._     |     _they fell._     |     _their fall._    |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Shower of stones.  |        At Rome.      |     Under Tullus     |
  |                     |                      |      Hostilius.      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Shower of stones.  |        At Rome.      | Consuls, C. Martius, |
  |                     |                      |   and M. Torquatus.  |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | A very large stone. |    Near the river    |    Second year of    |
  |                     |    Negos, Thrace.    |  the 78th Olympiad.  |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | Three large stones. |      In Thrace.      | Year before J.C. 452.|
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Stone of 72 lbs.   |     Near Larissa,    |    January, 1706.    |
  |                     |      Macedonia.      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | About 1,200 stones; |      Near Padua,     |       In 1510.       |
  |    one 120 lbs.     |       in Italy.      |                      |
  | Another of 60 lbs.  |                      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  | Another of 59 lbs.  |   On Mount Vasier,   |  November 27, 1627.  |
  |                     |       Provence.      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Two large stones,  |       Liponas,       |   September, 1753.   |
  |  weighing 20 lbs.   |      in Bresse.      |                      |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |    A stony mass.    |   Niort, Normandy.   |       In 1750.       |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  A stone of 7½ lbs. | At Luce, in Le Maine.| September 13, 1768.  |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |      A stone.       |  At Aire, in Artois. |       In 1768.       |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |      A stone.       |    In Le Contenin.   |       In 1768.       |
  +---------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
  |  Extensive shower   |   Environs of Agen.  |    July 24, 1790.    |
  |     of stones.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World: Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World: Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

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