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The Catholic World, Vol. 55: A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science; April, 1892, to September, 1892 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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In the.course of slowly unfolding ages the fiery vaporous earth began to part with its heat by radiation into space, and to cool little by little As it cooled, like all cooling bodies, it con tracted and became more compact. At last, after many ages, amounting, some say, to millions of years, the temperature be came so far reduced that a hard film or crust began to be formed on its outer surface, constantly gaining in thickness and solidity, till at last it surrounded it as the rind surrounds an orange. The heavier substances, and those which solidify at a higher temperature, were by this time precipitated and formed a por tion of the hardening nucleus of the earth. The seas and oceans, however, were still held suspended in the form of steam or va por high up in the regions of the air. As centuries elapsed and the temperature sunk lower and lower, these aqueous vapors con densed and fell upon the earth in the form of heavy and almost continuous rains. As it fell upon the earth's surface little run nels were formed in all directions. These gathered into torrents, streams, and great roaring cataracts and rivers, which, flowing together, filled the hollows and more depressed regions, and so gave birth to the original lakes and seas and wide-stretching oceans, where storms and hurricanes and furious winds kept high revel, and so churned and troubled the turbulent waters that, compared with the tempests of that period, the wildest tempest of our day is little better than a storm in a tea-cup.
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In the.course of slowly unfolding ages the fiery vaporous earth began to part with its heat by radiation into space, and to cool little by little As it cooled, like all cooling bodies, it con tracted and became more compact. At last, after many ages, amounting, some say, to millions of years, the temperature be came so far reduced that a hard film or crust began to be formed on its outer surface, constantly gaining in thickness and solidity, till at last it surrounded it as the rind surrounds an orange. The heavier substances, and those which solidify at a higher temperature, were by this time precipitated and formed a por tion of the hardening nucleus of the earth. The seas and oceans, however, were still held suspended in the form of steam or va por high up in the regions of the air. As centuries elapsed and the temperature sunk lower and lower, these aqueous vapors con densed and fell upon the earth in the form of heavy and almost continuous rains. As it fell upon the earth's surface little run nels were formed in all directions. These gathered into torrents, streams, and great roaring cataracts and rivers, which, flowing together, filled the hollows and more depressed regions, and so gave birth to the original lakes and seas and wide-stretching oceans, where storms and hurricanes and furious winds kept high revel, and so churned and troubled the turbulent waters that, compared with the tempests of that period, the wildest tempest of our day is little better than a storm in a tea-cup.
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