Stellar Evolution and Its Relations to Geological Time
PART II.
_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