...Sir William Thompson (Lord Kelvin), inferred from his investigations upon the cooling of the earth, that the general climate cannot be sensibly affected...time more than 10,000 years after the commencement of the superficial solidification. Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Cambridge, 1883, Vol. I, pt. 2, p....

...Williiim Thompson (LordKelvin) inferred from his investigations upon the cooling of the earth, thnt Mie general climate cannot be sensibly affected by conducted heat at any time more than 10.000 years after tliu commencement of superficial solidification. Treatise on Natural Philosophy....

...assumption of a globe of molten materials to commence with. According to Sir W. Thomson's expressed opinion, "The general climate cannot be sensibly affected by...after the commencement of superficial solidification." So that as the rate of deposition of sedimentary rocks cannot by this hypothesis have been affected...

...augment the temperature of the surface by much more than about 1° ; and hence I infer that the genera! climate cannot be sensibly affected by conducted heat...an elevation of temperature by thermal springs, or bv eruptions of melted lava, and everywhere vegetation would, for the first three or four million years,...

...have proved that the general climate of our globe could not have been sensibly affected by internal heat, at any time, more than 10,000 years after the commencement of the solidification of the surface, and he states that the present influence of internal heat on the...

...C. per foot Underground to augmeut sensibly the temperature of the surface; and heuce I infer that general climate cannot be sensibly affected by conducted heat at any time more then 10,000 years after the commencement of superficial solidification. No doubt however, in particular...

...ages. " The general climate cannot be sensibly affected by conducted heat (from the earth's interior) at any time more than 10,000 years after the commencement of superficial solidification."* Retention of radiation may be altered temporarily by slight modifications of the earth's atmosphere...

...foot underground to augment tbe temperature of the surface by much more than about 1° ; and hence I infer that the general climate cannot be sensibly...four million years, if it existed so soon after the epoch of consolidation, be influenced by the sensibly higher temperature met with by roots extending...

...foot underground to augment the temperature of the surface by much more than about 1° ; and hence I infer that the general climate cannot be sensibly...four million years, if it existed so soon after the epoch of consolidation, be influenced by the sensibly higher temperature met with by roots extending...

...foot underground to augment the temperature of the surface by much more than about 1°; and hence <| infer that the general climate cannot be sensibly...10,000 years after the commencement of superficial solidificatiott^No doubt, however, in particular places there might be an elevation of temperature...