Continental drift my lecturers why he was not talking to us about continental drift and I was told, sneeringly, that if I could prove there was a force that could move continents, then he might think about it. The idea was moonshine, I was informed." As late as 1953 – just five years before Carey introduced the theory of plate tectonics – the theory of continental drift was rejected by the physicist Scheidegger on the following grounds. From the 1930s to the late 1950s, works by Vening-Meinesz, Holmes, Umbgrove, and numerous others outlined concepts that were close or nearly identical to modern
The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone is a miniseries in IDW Publishing's "The Transformers that focuses on the IDW original character of Drift. After being banished from the Lost Light crew after the attack of the Decepticon Justice Division, Drift travels the universe protecting the universe from rouge Decepticons. After capturing three Decepticons and attempting to deliver them to the Galactic Councle, Drift encounters Ratchet, who has left the Lost Light in hopes of bringing back Drift. The leader of the Decepticon group attempts to be released by telling them about the