AGE OF THE EARTH.
TOO REMOTE TO ESTIMATE/ By Telegraph.—rress Assti—Copyright. . Received August 27, 7.;">0 p.m. London, August 28. At the British Association meeting, ,' the most outstanding declaration was I statement by Professor Eddington. prcsj' 1 dent of tli« physical section, that th« '' sun pan maintain its output of heat foi ' fifteen %illioh years. This estimate ii t based on the contention that the grin's ,'•' stars do not depend for their heat upon contraction according to Helmholt*' and Kelvin's theories, but upon some vast ' reservoir of mib-atomie energy. Professor Eddington declared that" the sun) must date back to a time so remote that there is no limit to estimates of tha earth's age.—Times Service; i
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1920, Page 5
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115AGE OF THE EARTH. Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1920, Page 5
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