Project Gutenberg 2005-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 118 Joly, John 1857 1933 Joly, J. (John) The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Produced by Hugh Rance "The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays" by John Joly is a collection of scientific essays written in the early 20th century. This work explores various topics within geology, mineralogy, and the scientific understanding of Earth's age and its processes, aiming to elucidate complex geological phenomena through established scientific principles. The opening of the collection introduces the first essay, "The Birth-Time of the World," which examines the origins and age of the Earth through a scientific lens. Joly reflects on historical perspectives from philosophers like Lucretius, contrasting them with current scientific approaches that suggest the Earth's formation is a gradual process without a definitive starting point. He discusses the significance of geological time in shaping our understanding of the universe and emphasizes the importance of sedimentation, denudation, and the evidence from terrestrial phenomena in estimating the age of Earth and its sediments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Science Q Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 532639 2025-07-07T07:50:03.705529 text/html 528191 2020-12-12T11:52:08 text/html 265154 2025-07-07T07:50:14.856506 application/epub+zip 271230 2025-07-07T07:50:07.261531 application/epub+zip 254369 2025-07-07T07:50:05.857511 application/epub+zip 542722 2025-07-07T07:50:19.157462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525438 2025-07-07T07:50:13.963479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477344 2022-09-08T06:31:40.413136 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485760 2025-07-07T07:50:01.599560 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 485424 2020-12-12T11:52:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 485864 2020-12-12T11:52:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20207 2025-07-07T07:50:19.297439 application/rdf+xml 16634 2025-07-07T07:50:06.417520 image/jpeg 3637 2025-07-07T07:50:06.142542 image/jpeg 172069 2020-12-12T11:52:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 180888 2020-12-12T11:52:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 172015 2020-12-12T11:52:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 261192 2025-07-07T07:50:03.743543 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia