THE INFLUENCE OF THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC ON CLIMATE
AND ON THE LEVEL OF THE SEA.
The direct Effect of Change of Obliquity on Climate.—Mr.
Stockwell on the maximum Change of Obliquity.—How Obliquity
affects the Distribution of Heat over the Globe.—Increase of
Obliquity diminishes the Heat at the Equator and increases
that at the Poles.—Influence of Change of Obliquity on the
Level of the Sea.—When the Obliquity was last at its superior
Limit.—Probable Date of the 25-foot raised Beach.—Probable
Extent of Rise of Sea-level resulting from Increase of
Obliquity.—Lieutenant-Colonel Drayson’s and Mr. Belt’s
Theories.—Sir Charles Lyell on Influence of Obliquity 398