Mikhail Lomonosov Quote

In general, the bigger a mountain the older it is. The biggest mountains were built before any others, because when they were built there was incomparably more flammable material within the Earth. Over the many thousands of years that have passed, the quantity of flammable material has doubtless decreased.


On the Strata of the Earth (1763), paragraph 119


In general, the bigger a mountain the older it is. The biggest mountains were built before any others, because when they were built there was...

In general, the bigger a mountain the older it is. The biggest mountains were built before any others, because when they were built there was...

In general, the bigger a mountain the older it is. The biggest mountains were built before any others, because when they were built there was...

In general, the bigger a mountain the older it is. The biggest mountains were built before any others, because when they were built there was...