The Arctic Home in the Vedas c17.46

c17.46

Earth, classification of stratified rocks on the surface of, 11; climate on, in early geological times, 21; obliquity of its axis producing seasons, id.; change in the position of axis improbable, 25; diminishing heat of, 26; eccentricity of its orbit producing glacial periods, according to Dr. Croll, 28, 29; Dr. Ball's estimate of the average heat received by each of its hemispheres, 32; maximum value of the eccentricity of its orbit, 73; three-fold in the Vedas and the Avesta, 260;