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ALTHOUGH it cannot be claimed that the joint discussion on the “Age of the Earth,” at the meeting of the British Association at Edinburgh on September 13, led to the complete reconciliation of the views of the various sections of the Association represented, there could be no doubt concerning the extraordinary interest taken in it. Members desiring admission overtaxed the capacity of one of the largest lecture theatres in Edinburgh, and shortly after the all too short discussion one might overhear in the streets of the city the remark, “They haven't settled it yet.” It was quite evident that it was a good thing, if merely for the dissemination of modern views on the subject, that authoritative representatives of each science should address the same composite audience of physicists, geologists, biologists, and many who would claim none of these descriptions.
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The Age of the Earth. Nature 108, 217–218 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108217a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108217a0