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For the attempts of Scheuchzer to reconcile geology and Genesis by means of the Homo diluvii testis, and similar "diluvian fossils," see the chapter on Geology in this series.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Six days and as many nights passed; the wind, the water-spout, and the diluvian rain were in all their strength.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Those accumulations of gravel and loose materials, which, by some geologists, are said to have been produced by the action of a diluvian wave or deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

To the storm succeeded one of those diluvian showers that have already been described.

From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul

The catastrophes which produced the secondary strata and diluvian depositions could not have been local and partial phenomena, but must have extended over the whole, or a great part of the surface, of the globe. 

From Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Morley, Henry