The Abyss of Time, Changing Conceptions of the Earth's Antiquity After the Sixteenth CenturyFreeman, Cooper, 1980 - 251페이지 |
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... century the age of the earth was reckoned in the thousands of years . Estimates in the millions and even thousands of millions followed in the eighteenth century . During the late nineteenth century there was a general shrinkage to ...
... century the age of the earth was reckoned in the thousands of years . Estimates in the millions and even thousands of millions followed in the eighteenth century . During the late nineteenth century there was a general shrinkage to ...
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... century , on view- ing the evidence for repeated elevation and wearing down of the con- tinents , concluded that geological time must be inconceivably long- virtually infinite in duration - in order to accommodate events of such ...
... century , on view- ing the evidence for repeated elevation and wearing down of the con- tinents , concluded that geological time must be inconceivably long- virtually infinite in duration - in order to accommodate events of such ...
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... century A.D. Interpolating between the above figures , he estimated that the oceans formed and life ap- peared when the earth was about 35,000 years old , that the stabiliza- tion of sea level took place at between 50,000 and 55,000 ...
... century A.D. Interpolating between the above figures , he estimated that the oceans formed and life ap- peared when the earth was about 35,000 years old , that the stabiliza- tion of sea level took place at between 50,000 and 55,000 ...
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