Chapter XVII

SUBTERRANEAN HEAT--ITS POWERS ILLUSTRATED BY UNDULATIONS
OF THE EARTH’S CRUST.

Gentle Movements of the Earth’s Crust within Historic Times--Roman
Roads and Temples submerged in the Bay of Baiæ--Temple
of Jupiter Serapis--Singular Condition of its Columns--Proof
of Subsidence and subsequent Upheaval--Indications
of a second Subsidence now actually taking place--Gradual
Upheaval of the Coast of Sweden--Summary of the Evidence
adduced to establish this Fact--Subsidence of the Earth’s Crust
on the West Coast of Greenland--Recapitulation, 271

PART II.

THE ANTIQUITY OF THE EARTH CONSIDERED IN
RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF GENESIS.