The concept that mountains had "roots" was confirmed by George B. Airy a hundred years later, during study of Himalayan gravitation, and seismic studies detected corresponding density variations.
Koncept da planine imaju “korijenje” potvrdio je George B. Airy sto godina kasnije tijekom proučavanja gravitacije Himalaja, koji je seizmičkim istraživanjima detektirao odgovarajuće promjene u gustoći.