Lib Quotes
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Lists
  • Pictures
  • Resources
  • More about Richard Dixon Oldham

Richard Dixon Oldham Quotes

1 Sourced Quote

    • Source
    • Report...
The seismograph, recording the unfelt motion of distant earthquakes, enables us to see up to a certain point into the Earth and determine its nature with as great a certainty, as if we could drive a tunnel through it and take samples of the matter passed through.

Richard Dixon Oldham

Quote of the day

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Richard Bach

Richard Dixon Oldham

Richard Dixon Oldham
Creative Commons

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.

WikipediaRichard Dixon Oldham on Wikipedia
WikisourceRichard Dixon Oldham works on Wikisource

Suggest an edit or a new quoteSuggest an edit or a new quote

British Geologist Quotes
Geologist Quotes
19th-century Geologist Quotes

Related Author

Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England
British Monarch

Featured Authors

Francis BaconAnne FrankChristopher ColumbusPope John Paul IIAndré GideEleanor RooseveltPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyAgatha ChristieBob MarleyRalph Waldo EmersonArthur SchopenhauerArthur Conan Doyle

Lists

Predictions that didn't happen

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Picture Quotes

If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

Confucius

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Philip James Bailey

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Popular Topics

  • life
  • love
  • nature
  • time
  • god
  • power
  • human
  • mind
  • work
  • art
  • heart
  • thought
  • men
  • day
Lib Quotes

100% Sourced Quotes.

Our motto is: Don't quote it if you can't source it.

Contact us

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • X (Twitter)
  • Pinterest

Recent

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Subscribe to our Newsletter:
Quote of the Day
JS and WordPress
Subscribe
to RSS Feeds
© 2017-2025 LibQuotes
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / About Us

Lib Quotes