At one time it was thought that the earth had only a solid crust, and that, under it, the whole of the interior was in a molten liquid state.
These Prevost rightly attributed to the contraction of the earth's solid crust.
Those same laws might subsequently form over the molten mass a solid crust, which, at length, might be ridged and furrowed by the action of internal heat, so as to form the basis of continents and the beds of oceans.
Yet that it is not in the nature of a portion of a solid crust is clear.
This consideration has led Mr. Hopkins to estimate the probable thickness of the earth’s solid crust at a minimum of 200 miles.
To determine, even approximately, the time such a vast body would take in cooling, so as to permit of the formation of a solid crust, or to fix the duration of the transformations which we are describing, would be an impossible task.
Nor is there the least likelihood of any future agreement among them; inasmuch as they can not agree either as to the thickness of the earth's solid crust which is to be lifted, or the force by which it is to be done?
The photosphere darkened, and a solid crust (c) and solid nucleus (d) formed.
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