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THE letter of the Rev. O. Fisher in NATURE, vol. xix. p. 266, is conclusive as to the more rapid cooling of the interior than the outer crust of a heated globe under the conditions of our earth, and I thank him for clearing up the point. But the question remains, whether the amount of contraction of the interior, and consequent crumpling of the crust, thereby produced in a definite time, is sufficient to account for the elevation of our mountains. It is necessary to take account of the following facts:—
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WALLACE, A. The Formation of Mountains. Nature 19, 289 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019289b0
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