The Neptunian or Water Theory of Creation

1The Neptunian or Water Theory of Creation.

Rev. J. M. Woodman,

Professor in Natural Science, Chico Academy, Cal.

Author of “God in Nature and Revelation,” “The Song of Cosmology,”

“Star Dates of Human History,” “The Song of the Morning

Stars in Creation’s Grand March.”

“If they speak not according to thy word it is because

there is no truth in them.”

San Francisco:

Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers,

Corner of Clay and Sansome Streets.

1888.

2Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year A. D. 1888,
By J. M. Woodman,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Three Theories of Creation Reviewed in the Lightof Admitted Facts 9

The Plutonic or fire theory stated 15

Centro-centrifugal theory 16

Heated Nebulous theory 17

The increase of heat in mining shafts no evidence of a hotcenter 19

The admitted sedimentary nature of primitive granite destroysthe Plutonic theory 22

The theories of metamorphic rock not sustained 23

Mining shafts increase in heat according to chemical action 25

Causes of volcanoes and geysers explained 26

Geologists dissatisfied with the fire theory. Submarinevolcanoes 28

Diatoms found in the earliest stratified rock 31

The Neptunian theory stated 32

All matter created at once in cold gas. God’s power neededto move matter. The first cosmological division 33

Probable length of it. The first condition of our globe inform 35

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