THE EARTH: Its Life & Death. [First Edn.]

by Berget, A.; E. Barlow, trans

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NY:: Putnam,, 1915. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; lower tips of both covers bumped; otherwise good.. index. With b&w photos + in-text drawings. `Everything on the surface of our Earth appears to us in living form...is born, lives, & dies...Does the Earth...follow this general law?' ||| Berget, Prof at Institut Oceanographique, traces Earth history: Its Birth; Age; Form, Magnitude & Mass; Movements; Force of Gravity; Rhythmic/Sudden Movements of its Crust; Magnetism, Electricity & Radioactivity; Rhythmic Movements of Ocean, Tides, Waves; Marine & Atmospheric Circulations; Attack & Defense of Continents; Old Age & Death of Earth. ||| Includes matter-of-fact dicussion--in 1915--of how increased gaseous carbonic acid (carbon dioxide) might affect Earth's temperature!