...deflection of 3° 17' (a deflection which would hardly sensibly affect climate), no less than one-tenth of the entire surface would require to be elevated...geography of the earth sufficient to deflect the pole half a dozen of miles, far less half a dozen of degrees. It does not help the matter much to assume...

...require to be elevated to that height. A continent ten times the size of Europe elevated two miles wonld do little more than bring London to the latitude of...geography of the earth sufficient to deflect the pole half a dozen of miles, far less half a dozen of degrees. It does not help the matter much to assume...

...one-tenth of the entire surface of the earth would require to be elevated to the height of 10,000 feet. A continent ten times the size of Europe elevated...geography of the earth sufficient to deflect the pole half a dozen miles, far less half a dozen degrees. It does not help the matter much to assume a distortion...

...deflection of 3° 17' (a deflection which would hardly sensibly affect climate), no less than one-tenth of the entire surface would require to be elevated...geography of the earth sufficient to deflect the pole half a dozen of miles, far less half a dozen of degrees. It does not help the matter much to assume...

...climate) no less than ^ of the entire surface would require to be elevated to that height (10,000 feet). A continent ten times the size of Europe elevated...half-a-dozen miles, far less half-a-dozen degrees." 1. Darwin : Proc. Royal Soc. vol. 25, p. 328. 2. Darwin: Trans. Roy. Soc. vol. 167 (part. i). 3. Kelvin...