The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 47

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Excerpt from The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 47: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Geology, Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce, For January, February, March, April, May, and June, 1816 Sir, - like your correspondent hom0*, I have been unable to discover, among the merits of Cuvier's Essay on the Theory of the Earth, that accordance with the Mosaic cosmogony which the preface of Professor Jameson had taught me to anticipate. I confess, too, that this accordance has not been rendered much more perceptible to my understanding, either by homo's pro posed reading of the beginning of Genesis, or by the subsequent observations of Dr. Prichard T, in support of the term day be ing, in the Mosaic account, equivalent to an indrfiniteperioa'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.