John Joly
John Joly
John Joly FRSwas an Irish physicist, famous for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. He is also known for developing techniques to accurately estimate the age of a geological period, based on radioactive elements present in minerals...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth1 November 1857
CountryIreland
forces founded great motions results universe
All great results in our universe are founded in motions and forces the most minute.
base built collective feeble miles
The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit.
sights
That the sea is one of the most beautiful and magnificent sights in Nature, all admit.
age duration plays radius views
Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.