Geologist and theologian
| Born | 1725 |
| Died | 1779 |
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![Cover of: 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 [sic], &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 phænomena in nature. : Illustrated with two copper plates; one, representing the dtate of the earth during the height of the flood; the other, the state of the earth as it is at present](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8434812-M.jpg "Cover of: 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 [sic], &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 phænomena in nature. : Illustrated with two copper plates; one, representing the dtate of the earth during the height of the flood; the other, the state of the earth as it is at present")
Geologist and theologian
| Born | 1725 |
| Died | 1779 |
Subjects
Deluge, Bible and geology, Structural Geology, Bible, Biblical teaching, Creation, Early works to 1800, Evidences, authority, Harmony, Luce grantPeople
Robert Clayton (1695-1758)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL166221A
- ISNI: 0000000051525676
- Library of Congress Names: nr91016265
- VIAF: 44666188
- Wikidata: Q4718549
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q4718549
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| June 7, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Removed period from death date |
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