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| − | '''Consistentior status''' is the initial date of all [[geological]] history. According to [[Lord Kelvin]] the term was coined by [[Leibniz]] in his [[Leibniz’s theory of earth|theory of earth]].<ref name="OnSecularCooling">{{cite web |title= On the Secular Cooling of the Earth |author=W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin) |publisher=Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |year=1864 (Read 1862) |volume= XXIII |pages= | + | '''Consistentior status''' is the initial date of all [[geological]] history. According to [[Lord Kelvin]] the term was coined by [[Leibniz]] in his [[Leibniz’s theory of earth|theory of earth]].<ref name="OnSecularCooling">{{cite web |title= On the Secular Cooling of the Earth |author=W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin) |publisher=Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |year=1864 (Read 1862) |volume= XXIII |pages= 167–169 |url=http://zapatopi.net/kelvin/papers/on_the_secular_cooling_of_the_earth.html |quote=The chief object of the present communication is to estimate from the known general increase of temperature in the earth downwards, the date of the first establishment of that consistentior status, which, according to Leibnitz’s theory, is the initial date of all geological history. ...11. ...That is to say, I conclude that Leibnitz’s epoch of emergence of the consistentior status was probably between those dates.|accessdate=June 14, 2015}}</ref> |
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*[[Age of the Earth]] | *[[Age of the Earth]] | ||
*[[Origin science]] | *[[Origin science]] | ||
*[[Historical science]] | *[[Historical science]] | ||
[[Category:Geology]] | [[Category:Geology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:49, July 13, 2016
Consistentior status is the initial date of all geological history. According to Lord Kelvin the term was coined by Leibniz in his theory of earth.[1]
References
- ↑ W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin) (1864 (Read 1862)). On the Secular Cooling of the Earth 167–169. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved on June 14, 2015. “The chief object of the present communication is to estimate from the known general increase of temperature in the earth downwards, the date of the first establishment of that consistentior status, which, according to Leibnitz’s theory, is the initial date of all geological history. ...11. ...That is to say, I conclude that Leibnitz’s epoch of emergence of the consistentior status was probably between those dates.”