Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 13Victoria Institute., 1880 |
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... theories I shall examine in succession are these : -First , Sir C. Lyell's doctrine of uniformity ; secondly , the thermo- dynamic theory of Sir W. Thomson ; thirdly , the excentric - pre- cession theory of Lieut . - Col . Drayson , B 2 3.
... theories I shall examine in succession are these : -First , Sir C. Lyell's doctrine of uniformity ; secondly , the thermo- dynamic theory of Sir W. Thomson ; thirdly , the excentric - pre- cession theory of Lieut . - Col . Drayson , B 2 3.
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cession theory of Lieut . - Col . Drayson , who refers it to a great increase in the obliquity ; and , fourthly , the view advocated with great labour and ability by Mr. Croll , in his work " Climate and Time . " He there employs more ...
cession theory of Lieut . - Col . Drayson , who refers it to a great increase in the obliquity ; and , fourthly , the view advocated with great labour and ability by Mr. Croll , in his work " Climate and Time . " He there employs more ...
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... THEORY . 10. The doctrine of uniformity , in its extreme form , as held by Sir C. Lyell and many others , has found of late some strong opponents among our foremost analysts . Sir W. Thomson and Professor Tait would replace it by what ...
... THEORY . 10. The doctrine of uniformity , in its extreme form , as held by Sir C. Lyell and many others , has found of late some strong opponents among our foremost analysts . Sir W. Thomson and Professor Tait would replace it by what ...
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... theory ; but a reversal of the process , and a greater loss . than gain of heat for many millions of years must be wholly improbable in the absence of any direct experimental evidence . 13. Those theorems of Fourier , on which the ...
... theory ; but a reversal of the process , and a greater loss . than gain of heat for many millions of years must be wholly improbable in the absence of any direct experimental evidence . 13. Those theorems of Fourier , on which the ...
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... theory which is now universally abandoned . 14. The doctrine of uniformity , as held by Sir C. Lyell , rests on a confusion of two things wholly distinct , -the con- stancy of natural laws , such as gravitation and cohesive affinity ...
... theory which is now universally abandoned . 14. The doctrine of uniformity , as held by Sir C. Lyell , rests on a confusion of two things wholly distinct , -the con- stancy of natural laws , such as gravitation and cohesive affinity ...
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