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brought spring rains. The Chaldaic word means a “ hinge,” a “pivot,” an “ axle.” This means, of course, th a t it moves and everything moves w ith it. Thus th è fact of universal ro tation is clearly taught. Pleiades form s a t least one of the hinges or pivots or axles for universal rotation. General Science of Job Meteorology, including the Aurora Borealis (37 :22 -23 ), tornadoes (36:-. 32, 37 :1 -5 ), dew (3 8 :2 8 ), clouds and rains (26 :7 -9 ), snow, frost, hail and ice (38:22, 23, 39 ), dawning of the morning (38:12-14). Zoology: 1, Insects—-The spider (8:14, 15), th e moth (4:18, 19, 27 :18 ). 2, Reptiles:—The asp and viper (2 0 :1 6 ). 3, B irds and Fowl—-The vulture (2 8 :7 ), raven (3 8 :4 1 ), the stork and ostrich (39 :13 -18 ), eagle and hawk (39 :20 -26 ), owl (3 0 :2 9 ). 4, Beasts— Camel, sheep, ox and she-ass (1:3, 4 2 :12 ), lion (4 :10 -11 ), wild ass (6 :5 , 39:5 -8 ), the dog (3 0 :1 ), jackal (dragon) (3 0 :2 9 ), mountain goat and hind (39 :1 -4 ), the horse (39:19-25), behemoth- (hippopotamus) (40:15-24), and leviathan (o r crocodile) (42 ). Anatomy (3 4 :1 5 ). Geography, or th e n atu ra l political divisions of the ea rth (chapter 26:10, 38 :18 ). The E quato r (3 8 :5 ). The Poles (3 8 :6 ). Special A rts and Customs Mining Operations (28 :1 -4 ). N atural Gas (2 8 :5 ). W riting, Engraving and Coining Music (21:12, 30 :31 ). Medical A rt (1 3 :1 4 ). H unting (18 :7 -13 ). M ilitary A rt (6 :4 , 15:26, 16:12-14, 19:12, 20:24, 39:19-25). Modes of H usbandry (1:14, 20:17, 29:6, 31:38-40). (19:23-24, 31:35-36, 42 :11 ). Precious Stones (28:16-19).
Geology The geologic beauties of the earth are given g reat prominence in th e hook of Job. He says: ¿ ‘‘Or speak to the earth and it shall teach th ee; and the fowls of th e air and they shall tell thee” (12:8, 28:9-11). Universal Law of Rotation The diurnal ro tation of th e earth al ready referred to deserves fuller men tion. This law, of course, was not known to th e ancients, bu t Job stated it nevertheless. F o r he said, “It is tu rn ed as clay to a seal” (2 8 :1 4 ). In th e B ritish Museum one can see the clay over which th e cylindrical seal used by the Babylonians has passed, leaving th e im print somewhat on the order of a prin ting machine, th e cyl inder th a t holds th e type and th e cyl- linder th a t holds th e paper, roll over each other, and thus th e paper takes the impression of th e type, and stands fo rth in the. different forms and designs in beautiful combination and contrast. Thus th e earth is revolved as the clay under th e seal, and in so doing takes the i m p r e s s i o n s of th e ligh t and heat and appears like an embroidered garm ent— i“ and they stand as a garm en t.” Thousands of years before the rotation of th e earth was known Job suggested it. Modern times -have discovered th a t as the .earth revolves around th e sun so also does th e sun have its own axial ro tation and o r b it. of revolution; also th a t in a sim ilar manner th e whole universe is in motion; all heavenly bodies circling abou t th e ir respective centers and th e universe as a whole. Madler though t th a t he had discovered the universal center in th e sta r Alcyone, in the little group of seven, called the Pleiades, and suggested th a t th is star m ight be the throne of God. Job says, “Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?” (3 8 :3 1 ). “Pleo,” to sail, because th e rising of th is constellation
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