The Abyss of Time, Changing Conceptions of the Earth's Antiquity After the Sixteenth CenturyFreeman, Cooper, 1980 - 251페이지 |
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... Kelvin intermittently returned to this problem in geophysics , he came to prefer the smaller of the two figures just cited . In his address On geological time , delivered in 1868 , he offered an estimate of the time elapsed since the ...
... Kelvin intermittently returned to this problem in geophysics , he came to prefer the smaller of the two figures just cited . In his address On geological time , delivered in 1868 , he offered an estimate of the time elapsed since the ...
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... Kelvin in his calcu- lations , assuming that the conductivity of the inner sphere is greater than Kelvin's value for the shell ? Perry showed that under these con- ditions Kelvin's figures for the age of the earth would have to be ...
... Kelvin in his calcu- lations , assuming that the conductivity of the inner sphere is greater than Kelvin's value for the shell ? Perry showed that under these con- ditions Kelvin's figures for the age of the earth would have to be ...
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... Kelvin 1. Kelvin , 1852 , p . 306. 2. For an excellent and comprehensive account of Kelvin's investigations concerning the age of the earth , see Burchfield , 1975. 3. In this chapter most of the biographical information on Kelvin is ...
... Kelvin 1. Kelvin , 1852 , p . 306. 2. For an excellent and comprehensive account of Kelvin's investigations concerning the age of the earth , see Burchfield , 1975. 3. In this chapter most of the biographical information on Kelvin is ...
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