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''A New Theory of the Earth'' was a book written by William Whiston, in which he presented a description of the divine creation of the Earth and a posited global flood. He also postulated that the earth originated from the atmosphere of a comet and that all major changes in earth's history could be attributed to the action of comets. It was published in 1696 and was well received by intellectuals of the day such as Isaac Newton and John Locke.〔Ignatius Donnelly ("Whiston's Flood" ) 1999〕 ==Summary of the book== The book is organized as follows: * Introduction, discussing the text of Creation according to Genesis * Book I: ''Lematta'', discussing the premises and assumptions on which his argument is based; * Book II: ''Hypotheses'', discussing his model for the origin of the Earth; * Book III: ''Phaenomena'', discussing evidence predicted by his model; * Book IV: ''Solutions'', discussing how his model explains the evidence; * Appendix: An abstract of his theory drawn from various sources. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A New Theory of the Earth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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