CHAPTER X 



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THE AGE OF WATER. 



When the earth had cooled so as to admit of its 

 radiating heat conforming to seven hundred degrees 

 of temperature within the greater portion of the gases 

 held in suspension around the earth, then there was an 

 explosion within the hydrogen and oxygen gases held 

 in suspension, transforming same into steam. When 

 transformed into steam, the gases expanded many times 

 and in consequence were subjected to the extremes of 

 cold by greater bulk. The deluge fell upon the earth 

 and cooled the surface of the earth. When the deluge 

 came into contact with the earth, it being N so much hot- 

 ter than the temperature consistent with the detension 

 of waters on same that there were many deluges caused 

 by the escaping steam from the earth's surface, but each 

 time the water was forced off into space by the heat it 

 expanded so as to come into contact with the extremes 

 of cold, and in consequence was precipitated back to 

 earth. This process continued until the temperature 

 of the earth was reduced so as to admit of the detention 

 of the waters upon the earth. 



The temperature being reduced below two hun- 

 dred and twelve degrees of Fahrenheits thermometer, 

 and in consequence a cessation of the deluges owing to 

 the detention of the greater portion of the waters on 



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