A New Theory of the Earth, from its Original, to the Consummation of all Things ...
A New Theory of the Earth, a 1696 treatise by the English divine William Whiston, printed by R. Roberts, that argues from scripture and natural philosophy for how the earth was formed and how it will end. The book is aimed at learned readers interested in cosmology and theology. Its engraved plates are geometric diagrams: concentric discs shaded in fine hatching to show a formative mass, orbit sketches with labelled points, and a cross-section of an ellipse with construction lines, which a designer could borrow for schematic, technical line work.
