19th-century Meteorologist Quotes

Alfred Wegener

Beno Gutenberg

John Park Finley

The first concept of continental drift first came to me as far back as 1910, when considering the map of the world, under the direct impression produced by the congruence of the coastlines on either side of the Atlantic. At first I did not pay attention to the idea because I regarded it as improbable.

I first studied to be a preacher, but decided that I was too prone to tell big stories. Then I studied Blackstone for a while and soon learned that I was not adept enough at prevarication to make a successful lawyer. I then made up my mind that I would seek some field where I could tell big stories and tell the truth.

The people of the United States are no longer strangers to that dreaded aerial monster, the Tornado.

John Park Finley

The books and papers dealing with hypotheses on the development of the earth's crust are as the sands of the seas.

The tides are the heartbeat of the ocean, a pulse that can be felt all over the world.