To the geologists of the United Kingdom, who believed in the certainty of the fact--Messrs. Falconer, Busk, Carpenter, and others--scientific Germans were soon joined, and amongst them the forwardest, the most fiery, and the most enthusiastic, was my uncle Liedenbrock.
A los geólogos del Reino Unido señores Falconer, Busk, Carpenter, etc., que admitieron el hecho como cierto, se sumaron los sabios alemanes, destacándose entre ellos por su calor y entusiasmo mi tío Lidenbrock.