Birth-Time of
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays
作者：Joly, John, 1857-1933
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共 93 题- Produced by Hugh Rance
- THE BIRTH-TIME OF THE WORLD AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ESSAYS
- Cover
- Title page
- CONTENTS PAGE
- I. THE BIRTH-TIME OF THE WORLD - - - - - - - - - - - 1
- II. DENUDATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30
- III. THE ABUNDANCE OF LIFE - - - - - - - - - - - - 60
- IV. THE BRIGHT COLOURS OF ALPINE FLOWERS - - - - - 102
- V. MOUNTAIN GENESIS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 116
- VI. ALPINE STRUCTURE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 146
- VII. OTHER MINDS THAN OURS - - - - - - - - - - - - 162
- VIII. THE LATENT IMAGE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 202
- IX. PLEOCHROIC HALOES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 214
- X. THE USE OF RADIUM IN MEDICINE - - - - - - - - - 244
- XI. SKATING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 260
- XII. A SPECULATION AS TO A PRE-MATERIAL UNIVERSE - 288
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PLATE IV. EARTH PILLARS--VAL D'HERENS - to face p. 34
- PLATE XII. ALPINE FLOWERS IN THE VALLEYS - to face p. 105
- PLATE XIII. ALPINE FLOWERS ON THE HEIGHTS - to face p. 106
- PLATE XXVI. ALETSCH GLACIER, SWITZERLAND - to face p. 282
- PREFACE
- THE BIRTH-TIME OF THE WORLD [1]
- THE AGE AS INFERRED FROM THE THICKNESS OF THE SEDIMENTS
- THE AGE AS INFERRED FROM THE MASS OF THE SEDIMENTS
- Mean - 201,468 109,650 1 : 2,731
- We see that the ratio of the weight of water to the
- THE AGE BY THE SODIUM OF THE OCEAN
- THE AGE BY RADIOACTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS
- REVIEW OF THE RESULTS
- DENUDATION
- To what actions, then, is so great a potency of the
- THE ABUNDANCE OF LIFE [1]
- GENERAL DYNAMIC CONDITIONS ATTENDING INANIMATE ACTIONS
- GENERAL DYNAMIC CONDITIONS ATTENDING ANIMATE ACTIONS
- EVOLUTION AND ACCELERATION OF ACTIVITY
- As we do not know the source or nature of the stimulus
- THE LENGTH OF LIFE
- The interdependence of the rate of reproduction and
- The "length of life is dependent upon the number
- THE NUMERICAL ABUNDANCE OF LIFE
- THE BRIGHT COLOURS OF ALPINE FLOWERS [1]
- In the higher pastures the summer begins late and
- This will be a natural selection of the brightest, or the
- MOUNTAIN GENESIS
- Whatever be the connection between the deposition and
- ALPINE STRUCTURE
- It follows from this that, although a tangential force
- We may follow these stages of mountain evolution
- OTHER MINDS THAN OURS?
- Lowell believes principally by the canals. These are
- I close this dramatic picture with the poor comfort
- II
- In the direction of motion we see that the satellite
- It is interesting to consider what the effect of such
- This diagram (PI. XXI) shows the surface of a globe
- It is probable that we should refer such an appearance
- Clouds also there certainly are. More recent observations
- THE LATENT IMAGE [1]
- PLEOCHROIC HALOES [1]
- THE USE OF RADIUM IN MEDICINE [1]
- Now what bearing has this series of transmutations
- SKATING [1]
- A SPECULATION AS TO A PREMATERIAL UNIVERSE [1]
- A. Winchell, in _World Life_, says: "We have not
- INDEX
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- Deccan traps, 137
- E.
- F.
- G.
- H.
- I.
- K.
- L.
- M.
- Metamorphism, thermal, in Alpine rocks, 132, 149
- N.
- O.
- Organic vibrations, 86 _et seq._
- P.
- R.
- Recumbent folds, formation of, 155 _et seq._
- S.
- T.
- U.
- V.
- W.
- Z.