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Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.

Continental drift. --- Geology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- History --- Continental drift --- 551.241 --- 551.241 Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur --- Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur