Note 206 — Chapter XXIII · THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH.
Reading edition
The conception of submergence resulting from displacement of the earth’s centre of gravity, caused by a heaping up of ice at one of the poles, was first advanced by M. Adhémar, in his work “Révolutions de la Mer,” 1842. When the views stated in this chapter appeared in the Reader, I was not aware that M. Adhémar had written on the subject. An account of his mode of viewing the question is given in the Appendix.