The solidification of the earth pro'tably became complete soon after the birth of the moon. The temperature of its sun'aco at the time of consolidation was about l,l2oodeg. ('., and it was therefore still surrounded by its primitive eleep atmosphere of steam and other gases. This was the second critical period in the history of the earth, the stage of the "consistentior status," the date of which Lord Kelvin would rather know than that of the Norman Conquest, though he thinks it lies between twenty and fortymillions of years ago, probably nearer twenty than forty.—From "The Age of the Earth," by Professeir W. T. Sctllas.
i-otDotivo consumes on an aver-.rly-livc gallons of water for mile it, runs.
F. E. Smith, Architect, WESLEY BUILDINGS, Hamilton, Waikato.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 114, 10 December 1908, Page 4
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124Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 114, 10 December 1908, Page 4
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