Stellar Evolution and Its Relations to Geological Time

PART II.

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_EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE THEORY FROM THE AGE OF THE SUN’S HEAT._

TESTIMONY OF GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY AS TO THE AGE OF THE SUN’S HEAT 37

Testimony of Geology: Method employed 39

The Average Rate of Denudation in the Past probably not much greater than at the Present 44

How the Method has been applied 47

Method as applied by Professor Haughton 50

Method as applied by Mr. Alfred R. Wallace 51

Method as applied directly 52

Evidence from “faults” 53

Time required to effect the foregoing amount of Denudation 62

Age of the Earth as determined by the Date of the Glacial Epoch 64

Testimony of Biology 65