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Title: Bible astronomy; or, The little book on the mysteries and wonder of the rise and fall of Babylon
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Melcher, Josiah F. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Bible Astronomy Astronomy in the Bible
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo., Printed at the St. Louis intelligencer buildings
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the days being designated be-tween the evening and the morning, and as the light of the Sunis as darkness to that of the light of the Almighty, one mightwell suppose that the Sun had nothing to do with it, only as itwas intended in the remodeling of all the solar system at thesame time. 20. AndVGpd said, M we waters bring forth abundantlythe moving creature thatYnath life, \and fowl that mayflyabove the Eafrth^n the op/n rmnainent of\Heaven. Note.—Fig, 5 represents the principle of light indefinitely reflected todifferent parts of the Earth inside; the white shows the light, and thedifferent shades of darkness that of night, and the lines the different cours-es of the reflection of light. FIFTH &RADE. 20. And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantlythe moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly abovethe Earth in the open firmament of Heaven. Now, it might well be supposed that there were birds on theinside of the Earth, moreover, they might pass from one divis-
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14 BIBLE ASTRONOMY ion to the other, especially when the Moon is in conjunctionwith the Sun, and the attraction the greatest; for at such atime, all the world is in conjunction within, then the atmos-phere of the respective worlds would join, and owing to theprinciple of the reflection of light, the upper regions of the airwould not be cold like the outside, and as the motions corres-pond, there would be no friction between them, but a perfectmedium of air by which they could pass.* 22. And God blessed them saying, be fruitful and multiply,and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in theEarth. In the waters, in the seas, and the fowl in the Earth. 23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Note.—Fig. 6 represents the figure of the Earth in full form, with thelocations of the first, second and third Heavens, and the clouds cj.usedfrom the light and heat of the Sun. SIXTH GRADE. 24. And God said, let the Earth bring forth the living crea-ture after his ki

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