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The age of the Earth

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1. Front matter 2. PREFACE 3. CHAPTER I THE TIME PROBLEM AND ITS HISTORY 4. CHAPTER II TIME AND TIDE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM 5. CHAPTER III ASTRONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS 6. CHAPTER IV THE WORK OF DENUDATION 7. CHAPTER V THE SALINITY AND AGE OF THE OCEANS 8. CHAPTER VI SEDIMENTATION AND GEOLOGICAL TIME 9. CHAPTER VII RADIOACTIVITY 10. CHAPTER VIII THE THERMAL ENERGY OF THE SUN 11. CHAPTER IX THE THERMAL ENERGY OF THE EARTH 12. CHAPTER X RADIOACTIVE MINERALS AND THEIR AGES 13. CHAPTER XI REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE 14. APPENDIX A 15. APPENDIX B BIBLIOGRAPHY 16. INDEX

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