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.
Aux géologues du Royaume-Uni qui tinrent le fait pour certain, MM. Falconer, Busk, Carpenter, etc., se joignirent des savants de l'Allemagne, et parmi eux, au premier rang, le plus fougueux, le plus enthousiaste, mon oncle Lidenbrock.