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MR. MELLARD READE'S criticism is perfectly sound. If the bulk of the ocean water on the surface of the globe has always been the same, the oceans could not at any time have been shallower than at present without a decrease in the area of the land. Consequently, the supposition that in early geological times the area of the land was larger, and the depth of the oceans less, demands the further inference that the bulk of the ocean water was less then than it is now.
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JUKES-BROWNE, A. Is the Bulk of Ocean Water a Fixed Quantity?. Nature 41, 130–131 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/041130a0
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