, 1869-03-28
AGE OF THE WORLD.

Mr. Scott Moore briggs together the re-
suit Of his readings In Il el! as the piucfpal,
aud III several others - subordinate writer's
On the subject he has chosen. He fndsto his
own satisfaction that ''the Mosaic revelation,
geological facts, and Astronomical calcula.
ticDa (so far back aH they have ret been car
r1cd}, appear 10 agree with. and adapt them-
selves 70, each other" He, together with
Aueh Mixer, regards the Mosaic account ot
the Creation - that Of series Of visions, =
diorana, over whose ehittttg pictures the
curt lam rose aud fell SIX 'lmes IN succession.
He j. oks up,u zach Mosaic day a. an ex-
tended cycle Of lime, and therefore the
Mosaic Hex1mefon can Be correlated with
the si1 principal geological periods, com,
1ncr cling With The axoic and ending with the
tertiary era.
Mr scott Moore works out plausible
scheme, n nnkt1 g the Mceaic dith day teymi-
patA with tho chalk formation, and the
eocene TO commence With the eI1th day. His
only claim 70 sreeial notice Is that be has
constructed two diagrams. one OF part Of the
sixth dsy OF tho Mosaic HeHRmerou, extend
Ing over one million years, deduced from
Croll's tables. 5lr. Croll computed the
charges OF ths eceeuticlsy Of the eafth's or
klt Tor million Of years preceding, and q
e.u Of Sir Charles Lycll's 'Princ1ples Of &C.
ology" are aware Of the tabulatiou aud use
be has made Of this and other similar com
putatiops in the new edition of that sta. i'd
ard work. Mr. Scott Mbore's dsagram rem.
ders the application Of, Crolrs compus alton
tho last great glaeiai epoch within
ses sseen pqEse'1er pe1}oas or so5SSd aud sod S ss
years sgo. The ne1t previous period Of ex-
irene eccentricity occurred 10000 years
ago. and another, which was still greater,
lates altogether to The post -pliocene giacl.l
epoch, and c1mprf-cs term OF 40O, 900 years,
embracing within It the glacial term Of ab mt
$50 oo0 ycArs. 1t fs, therefore, plaluly Includ-
million Of 5ear.. such diagram, as these
are wanting 10 Sir Charles Lye!l'4 pages On
| the ssme subject, hud might well be en-
plOyed IN cLnne1lon with those plges.- The
| whole question Is 60 unfamiliar to common
| readers that to them al diaGrammatic e1-
| piaDatic1s will prove 6erviceAhte; nor has
| Mr.. Moore said word too much In e1pl2na.
| ton.
| This author Is not 80 cbasy Of approximate
| dates OF periods Rs are the great gcolcgBt;
who have a name ard reputation 10 guard
heree be may be morc acceptable to readers
llcves thnt the Lower Miocenc epoch com.
rpebced abou1 ,DO, 900 years ago, and the
| Upper Miocene about $4,000 years ago. The
l Upper Mioccnc blented with the plloceae
about $4,000, snd the PiiocoDc With the
Post 'pliocene glacial epoch gradually crep,
| on aItut 35e,0lD years since, and lasted fol
| &c, LOO or 80 Goo vears. The recent periot
| OF Geology!succceded about 5000 years ago
and the current period 6,t0l years back, viz.
at The lime OF the creation Of Adm.
The Question OF prs-Rlacih man il brought
! into dedtite shapo by con}ecturlnE him II
have appeared On earth more than $500
years ARo. II he were pot Rlacfal puly. theo
Is the pye-glacsal pcr1od lated from &C, ,OI
OF $4,000 years, We can only essse1 to MAJ