Mikhail Lomonosov Quote

Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements of its innards. The external actions are strong winds, rains, river currents, sea waves, ice, forest fires, floods; there is only one internal force—earthquake.


About the Layers of the Earth and other Works on Geology (1757), trans. A. P. Lapov (1949)


Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements of its...

Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements of its...

Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements of its...

Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements of its...