Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Richard Dixon Oldham
Born: July 31, 1858
Died: July 15, 1936 (aged 77)
Bio: Richard Dixon Oldham FRS was a British geologist who made the first clear identification of the separate arrivals of P-waves, S-waves and surface waves on seismograms and the first clear evidence that the Earth has a central core.