Re: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Honored By Scientific American
From: Jim Logajan (JamesL_at_Lugoj.com)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: 7 Dec 2004 05:48:38 GMT
robert casey <wa2ise@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> About 90 years ago someone noticed that the east coast
> of North and South America would fit nicely along the
> West coast of Europe and Africa.
The conforming coastlines were noticed long before then, but I believe you
are referring to Alfred Wegener who, unlike those before him, went about
developing the theory of continental drift and collecting supporting
evidence. One online bio on him is at:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/wegener.html
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