In the early 19th century, if you were a geologist and made a claim about the age of the Earth, you had to explain whether that was consistent or how it was or wasn't consistent with the age of the Earth implied by the account in Genesis.
19世紀前半の地質学者が 地球の歴史について説を唱える場合 創世記の記述に示された歴史と 一致しているか あるいは 一致する点と矛盾する点を 説明する必要がありました