Excerpt from Scripture Illustrated, Vol. 4: By Means of Natural Science, in Botany, Geology, Geography, Natural History, Natural Philosophy, Utensils, Domestic and Military, Habiliments, Manners, and Customs, &C The planets are really globes of land and water, whom revolve, 1. Mercury, whose orbit 18 at one time like our earth, but, by reason of their distance from much farther from the sun than at another the thin us, we perceive them only by their refulgence, and to line denoting a really circular course, the black line ordinary observation they appear as so many stars, marking the actual course of this planet. 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.

An examination of the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science.