ISBN: 9781116963953

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1874Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos… Plus…

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1874Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: Certain metals, such as iron and copper, put into a fire, also burn, but the compound formed between the metal and oxygen being solid, is a crust upon the surface of the metal which protects from further burning. By removing this crust, burning goes on to form another crust, and so on until the whole of such metals may be burned through time, and these metals are by this process as fully destroyed as the coal or wood. Had the calf been made of such burnable metals, the word burn, taken in this sense, would have been applicable, as being within practical possibility, although the text, as translated, hardly allows this mode of destruction. When this definition of the word burn is applied to gold it is untenable. It is one of the distinguishing properties of gold to resist the fire, which means being incapable of burning. Indeed, when gold is combined with oxygen, and this oxide put into a fire, the metal is revived, and the oxygen given off, and fire has ever been the practical means for purifying gold, as is evident from Scripture. So prominent and well known is this law, that to burn gold by putting it in the fire would be as great a miracle as causing the head of an iron axe to swim above water; and we have no idea from the text, that Moses in burning the calf wrought a miracle, or wished the Israelites to believe so, but rather that he performed a well known operation. May not the word burn have a more popular sense thanthat here given, and evidently meant by the Doctor's remarks, as it appears to have in other passages of Scripture, Le., Deut. iv. 11, 'And the mountain burned Books Books ~~ History~~ General Manufacturing-Arts-In-Ancient-Times-With-Special-Reference-To-Bible-History~~James-Napier BiblioBazaar This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<

ISBN: 9781116963953

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced… Plus…

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. James Napier, Books, History, Manufacturing Arts in Ancient Times, With Special Reference to Bible History Books>History This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<

ISBN: 9781116963953

Hardback, [PU: BiblioLife], This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books w… Plus…

Hardback, [PU: BiblioLife], This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<