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THE first part of Mr. Hobson's letter alone requires notice from me, as the latter part characterizes as absurd the views of those eminent geologists who have estimated the total thickness of the sedimentary rocks, and seems to assume that such writers as the late Dr. Croll and Sir Andrew Ramsay overlooked the very obvious considerations he sets forth.
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WALLACE, A. The Earth's Age. Nature 47, 227 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047227a0
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