The Vailan or Annular Theory
by Stephen Bowers
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bowers, Stephen, 1832-1907
- Title
- The Vailan or annular theory: A synopsis of Prof. I. N. Vail's argument in support of the claim that this Earth once possessed a Saturn-like system of rings
- Original Publication
- United States: The Observer Press Print,1892.
- Credits
- Sonya Schermann, Thomas Frost 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
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Earth (Planet) -- Crust
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 68690
- Release Date
- August 5, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE VAILAN OR ANNULAR THEORY.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.THE VAILAN OR ANNULAR SYSTEM. — IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTION. — EVIDENCES OF THE GEOLOGIC RECORD. — EVIDENCE FROM OTHER PLANETS. — FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE RECORD. — CONCLUSIONS REACHED. — DEMONSTRATED BY HISTORIC TESTIMONY. — CONCLUSIONS. — THE NOACHIAN DELUGE. — LEGENDS OF THE DELUGE. — AUGMENTATION OF OCEANIC WATERS. — SUMMARY. — GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES. — GLACIAL EPOCHS. — REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGIC RECORD. — SEED BED OF ORGANISMS. — CARBON STRATA DEPOSITED AS AN AQUEOUS SEDIMENT. — CONCLUSIONS REACHED. — IS COAL A VEGETABLE PRODUCT? — METAMORPHISM OF CARBON BEDS. — TERTIARY COALS. — DEDUCTIONS. — ANNULAR DOWNFALL IN THE TERTIARY OCEAN OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.
- 4.APPENDIX. — THE LAST ADVANCE OF GLACIERS. — LONGEVITY OF THE ANCIENTS.
- 5.LETTER FROM PROF. I. N. VAIL.
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