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Remarks on Sir Robert Ball's paper (Read at the Hobart meeting of the Australasian Science Association), entitled : " The astronomical explanation of a glacial period."
Biggs, Alfred Barrett 1892
, 'Remarks on Sir Robert Ball's paper (Read
at the Hobart meeting of the Australasian
Science Association), entitled :
" The astronomical explanation of a
glacial period."'
, Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
, pp. 21-25
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Abstract
The purport of Sir Robert Ball's paper is to show that the
successive periods of glaciation, alternating with periods of
genial or tropical temperature, which geologists infer from
the indications of the rocks and strata, are a necessary
corollary from astronomical data.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors/Creators: | Biggs, Alfred Barrett |
| Keywords: | Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
| Collections: | Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
| Additional Information: | In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania. |
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