Excerpt from Pre-Glacial Man, and Geological Chronology: For Three Millions of Years Before the Year 1800, A. DSince the First Edition was published, tables of the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, for two millions of years farther back, have been received.These have rendered necessary a Second Edition of Pre - Glacial Man, with Addenda.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.