"On Geological Time."

Photo of William ThomsonOn 27 February 1868, William Thomson speaks to the Geological Society of Glasgow “On Geological Time.” The address is a full-bore challenge to the soundness of contemporary geological science, with respect to process and its blithe disregard of the discoveries of physics, calling for fundamental reform. Image: Photograph of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Martin Meisel, "On the Age of the Universe"

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27 Feb 1868

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