The Zonal-Belt Hypothesis: A New Explanation of the Cause of the Ice Ages
by Wheeler, Joseph T
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Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott. Good with no dust jacket; Library bookplate and several other stamps and . markings.. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Index of authors, index of subjects. Wheeler postulated that a rising layer of "planetesimal dust" rose from the Earth around its middle, like the rings of Saturn, and thermally blanketed the equatorial regions and kept them from freezing over during the Ice Ages. As a contemporary reviewer in Vol. 41 of The Bulletin of the American Geological Society noted, the book is largely full of the author's theoretical suppositions, quotations from other authors and retelling of folklore and myth, so that "such a work can hardly be called an important contribution to the literature concerning the causes of glacial periods....the theories here advanced are so highly speculative that they do not appeal to us. We prefer to be surer of the geological facts concerning ice ages, before we spend too much time trying to explain." ; Ex-Library; 401 pages .
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- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 35460
- Title
- The Zonal-Belt Hypothesis: A New Explanation of the Cause of the Ice Ages
- Author
- Wheeler, Joseph T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Library bookplate and several other stamps and markings.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- ALTERNATIVE Geology, Pseudoscience, Crackpot Theories, Victorian Speculation, Victorian Climate Change Theory
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- Science and Technology;
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About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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