German Meteorologist Quotes

Alfred Wegener

Beno Gutenberg

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.

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