Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 427
s.*But as soon as rigidity began to appear in a continuouscrust, most important changes were introduced in the condi-tions of tidal action. The solid film yielded less readilythan the liquid beneath. Its rigidity caused it also to yieldto a less extent. From the first cause the angle of lagging… … Tide Against the Crust. was greater in the crust than in the molten core. Fromthe second cause the liquid pressed against the under sideof the crust, tending to elevate it in a tide of the altitudedue to the nature of the liquid. The liquid portion, forinstance, tended to rise in a tidal swell to…
Nebular hypothesis · Cosmogony
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