An insightful essay by Joe D. Burchfield entitled “The Age of the Earth and the Invention of Geological Time” [mfn]Burchfield, Joe D. “The Age of the Earth and the Invention of Geological Time.” Lyell: The Past is the Key to the Present (Geological Society, London, Special Publications) 143, no. 1 (1998): 137–43. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.143.01.12[/mfn] discusses the concepts…
