Terrestrial Globe Quotes

9 quotes by 9 authors

• The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning until today, and… — Horace-Benedict de Saussure
• The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity of human life… — Eduard Suess
• However, the small probability of a similar encounter [of the earth with a comet], can become very great in adding up over a huge sequence… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
• The observations, so numerous and so important, of the pendulum as object are especially relevant to the length of its oscillations. Those that I propose… — Leon Foucault
• The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is the… — Nicolaus Copernicus
• It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not… — Joseph Wood Krutch
• When in August 1793 a British delegation showed their hosts a terrestrial globe, it turned into a diplomatic incident, for the Chinese were furious to… — Margaret Thatcher
• The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On… — John Quincy Adams
• The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man… — Jules Verne

Who Wrote These Terrestrial Globe Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 9 Terrestrial Globe Quotes as follows:

• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Horace-Benedict de Saussure
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Eduard Suess
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Pierre-Simon Laplace
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Leon Foucault
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Margaret Thatcher
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by John Quincy Adams
• 1 Terrestrial Globe Quote by Jules Verne