Who Made the First Clear Statement of the Law of Superposition

question 29

Multiple Choice

Who made the first clear statement of the law of superposition? When?

• A)John Wesley Powell, nineteenth century
• B)Nicolaus Steno, seventeenth century
• C)John Stuart Priestly, nineteenth century
• D)William Smith, eighteenth century

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