GEOLOGICAL TIME.
At the last meeting of the Boyal Society the Her. Samuel Haughton read a paper on a new method of finding limiti to the duration of certain geolojricil periods. He had previously shown how he came to the conclusion that the elera* tion of Asia and Europe displayed the axis of maximum inertia through 69 miles. The axis of rotation being thus separated from the axis of figure sy 69 miles, or one degree, began to revolve round it. Bat for friction this would continue for ever, and the object of the paper was to/disout| how long would be required for friotion to bring the axis of rotation to again coincide with the axis of figure. The friction is that of the ocean which always tends to revolve round yesterday's axis until compelled to rerolre round to. day's axis by friction against its bed The calculations brought out the result* that C41.0C0 years would be required tp restore tho pqincideace of the axes, and. therefore,' the formation of Asia , and Europe cannot be more recent. Further calculations gave the minor assignable limit to geological time as 11 million, years in round number*.—Times.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2861, 16 April 1878, Page 2
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