Comment on 4.4 billion-year-old crystal is oldest confirmed piece of EarthparentComments−teddyh12yThe almost incomprehensible age of the Earth was famously summarized thus:“The reſult, therefore, of our preſent enquiry is, that we find no veſtige of a beginning,–no proſpect of an end.”— Theory of the Earth, James Hutton, 1788−evincarofautumn12yOn a ſide note, we ſhould bring back the long S.−teddyh12yYea, and alſo þe þorn! More seriously; it’s a text from 1788 – I’d think I was allowed to keep its spelling and not translate or transliterate when I’m actually quoting it verbatim.−evincarofautumn12yIt’s fine, I understood what you were up to. In earnest, though, I’d rather see thorn and eth come back than long S.−joe_inferno12yyes, that was annoying
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The almost incomprehensible age of the Earth was famously summarized thus:
“The reſult, therefore, of our preſent enquiry is, that we find no veſtige of a beginning,–no proſpect of an end.”
— Theory of the Earth, James Hutton, 1788
On a ſide note, we ſhould bring back the long S.
Yea, and alſo þe þorn! More seriously; it’s a text from 1788 – I’d think I was allowed to keep its spelling and not translate or transliterate when I’m actually quoting it verbatim.
It’s fine, I understood what you were up to. In earnest, though, I’d rather see thorn and eth come back than long S.
yes, that was annoying