A treatise on the deluge.
Subtitle: 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 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 of natural grottos; with a description of the most remarkable, especially those in England. Also an explication of several lesser phaenomena in nature. Illustrated with two copper plates; one, representing the state of the earth during the height of the flood; the other, the state of the earth as it is at present.
By: Alexander Catcott
Edition: 2d ed. considerably enl
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America , from its discovery to the present time -- 11496
Publisher: Printed for the author by E. Allen
Published: 1975
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
Subjects: Deluge
Notes: Microfiche (negative) Louisville [Ky.] Lost Cause Press, 1975. 8 sheets. 10.5 x 14.8 cm. ([Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ... ])

Sabin 11496