And one of the things he had observed is that if you look at mountains like the Appalachians, you often find that the rocks in them are folded, and they're folded in a particular way, which suggested to him that they were actually being compressed from the side.
Jedna od stvari koje je uočio jest da ako pogledamo planinu kao što je Apalačko gorje često se mogu pronaći stijene koje su oblikovane na određen način što je predlagalo da su zapravo bile komprimirane sa strane.