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THE letters of Mr. Wallace and Mr. Fisher in NATURE, vol. xix. pp. 121, 172, 244, 267, raise the question as to whether or not it is possible that the interior of the earth can be cooling more rapidly than the exterior. The following is an attempt to answer the query as to where the loss of temperature per unit time is greatest.
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DARWIN, G. The Formation of Mountains and the Secular Cooling of the Earth. Nature 19, 313 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019313b0
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