Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658 – 1730), Italian scientist, military officer, geologist, scholar, oceanographer, and botanist
Quotes by Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
[edit]- Nihil Mihi (Nothing to me)
- The First Part, which concerns the Structure of the Sea Bed, clearly shows what I imagined it to be, that is, layers upon layers corresponding to those I have already found in the mountains of the continent; and such a correspondence helps me greatly to advance my system with more foundation regarding the demonstration of the organic structure of the terrestrial globe.
This vast vessel of the sea, in its initial formation by the Creator, composed of stone substance in layers upon layers uniform to those of the mountains of the earth, I have divided into two parts for consideration. The first is the banks, or shores; the second is the depths. The banks are part above the horizon of the water, visible to everyone, and part below, and others completely underwater, beginning at a considerable depth.