Inge Lehmann Professions : Seismologist Born : May 13, 1888 Died : February 21, 1993 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Inge Lehmann You should know how many incompetent men I had to compete with-in vain. Inge Lehmann ignorant-people incompetence men I may have been 15 or 16 years old when, on a Sunday morning, I was sitting at home together with my mother and sister, and the floor began to move under us. The hanging lamp swayed. It was very strange. My father came into the room. "It was an earthquake," he said. The center had evidently been at a considerable distance, for the movements felt slow and not shaky. In spite of a great deal of effort, an accurate epicenter was never found. This was my only experience with an earthquake until I became a seismologist 20 years later. Inge Lehmann distance mother morning Similar Authors Charles Francis Richter seismologist All Authors
