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To review this book would be to give prominence to a volume every page of which exemplifies the dangerous character of a little knowledge. We will merely remark that the author finds himself at variance with very many physical facts and theories, disbelieves the results of spectroscopic analysis applied to celestial bodies, and regards the solar photosphere as a deep ocean of water. According to his theory of inorganic evolution, “the only elements employed or necessary in the formation of the sun, solar system, and universe are those composing atmospheric air and water.” Students of science may be left to form their own opinion upon a book containing an assertion of this kind.
The Process of Creation Discovered; or, the Self-evolution of the Earth and Universe by Natural Causes.
By James Dunbar. Pp. viii + 290. (London: Watts and Co., 1898.)
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The Process of Creation Discovered; or, the Self-evolution of the Earth and Universe by Natural Causes. Nature 58, 8 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058008a0
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