The age of the earth considered geologically and historically / By William Rhind.

  • Rhind, William, active 1818-1867.
Date:
1838
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Credit: The age of the earth considered geologically and historically / By William Rhind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PART I. GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA SUPPOSED TO INDICATE THE AGE OF THE EARTH. Sect. Page I. General View of the Earth’s Strata and their Aggregate Thickness, . . . . . 11 II. Proofs of the Rapid Accumulation of the Sedimentary Matter at present forming, . . . . 20 III. Different Formations may be contemporary, . . 31 IV. Some Formations have been suddenly deposited, . 36 V. Successive Series of Organic Remains in the different For¬ mations, . . . . . . 41 VI. Change of Temperature, .... VII. Operations at present in progress, ... 6] PART II. GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA COMPARED WITH THE MOSAICAL RECORD. T* I. The Mosaical and Geological views of Creation, II. Mosaical and Geological views of the Deluge, III. General Summary, .... 71 87 107 PART III. SKETCH OF GEOLOGICAL THEORIES. I. Early History of Geology, II. Later Geological Theories, 125 135