RE: YEC's have abandoned a thick water vapor canopy hypothesis

Interesting that you mentioned Vail. I read his book (one of the later
editions he published). He was an old earther:

"Rings once formed about the earth after the lapse of countless millions
of years, cannot collapse in a day. They must lose their momentum with a
steadiness as invariable as the flood of ages." ~ Isaac Newton Vail, The
Earth's Annular System, 4th ed. (Pasadena: The Annular World Co., 1912),
p.25

I have always thought that was ironic.

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> [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Ted Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 7:42 AM
> To: ed.babinski@furman.edu; vernon.jenkins@virgin.net
> Cc: asa@calvin.edu; dickfischer@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: YEC's have abandoned a thick water vapor canopy
> hypothesis
>
>
> For the past several years, I've been following some very
> interesting research on the history of the vapor canopy
> hypotheses, research being done by a pastor in North
> Carolina. I've urged him to publish his conclusions in PSCF,
> but thus far he has not taken that step. His has looked at
> rare and even unknown sources, esp those documenting the work
> of Kellogg and its influence on Rimmer, Morris, and others.
> He's also done lots of work on Isaac Newton Vail, the
> mystical Quaker from the 19th century who originated the
> idea. The link between heterodoxy and the canopy hypothesis
> is strongly documented in his work. One of these days, I
> hope we will all get to see the full story--or, at least a
> fuller story than we presently have.
>
> ted
>
Received on Tue Nov 2 20:40:31 2004