The Age of the Earth
by Arthur Holmes
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About this eBook
- Author
- Holmes, Arthur, 1890-1965
- Title
- The age of the Earth
- Original Publication
- London: Harper & Brothers, 1913.
- Credits
- deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Earth (Planet) -- Age
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78241
- Release Date
- March 19, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE AGE OF THE EARTH
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
- 6.CHAPTER I THE TIME PROBLEM AND ITS HISTORY
- 7.CHAPTER II TIME AND TIDE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- 8.CHAPTER III ASTRONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE WORK OF DENUDATION
- 10.CHAPTER V THE SALINITY AND AGE OF THE OCEANS
- 11.CHAPTER VI SEDIMENTATION AND GEOLOGICAL TIME
- 12.CHAPTER VII RADIOACTIVITY
- 13.CHAPTER VIII THE THERMAL ENERGY OF THE SUN
- 14.CHAPTER IX THE THERMAL ENERGY OF THE EARTH
- 15.CHAPTER X RADIOACTIVE MINERALS AND THEIR AGES
- 16.CHAPTER XI REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE
- 17.APPENDIX A — ( a ) Kinetic Energy of α-particles — ( b ) Production of helium from Uranium and Thorium in equilibrium with all their disintegration products. — ( c ) Half-life Period of Radium. — ( d ) Time-Average of Uranium — ( e ) Analyses made by the Author of Radium in Igneous Rocks
- 18.APPENDIX B BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 19.INDEX
- 20.Untitled
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