ðiːz wɜː ðə faʊndˈeɪʃənz ðˈætwˌʌn ʌv wˈaɪtʃɚts stˈuːdənts, bᵻnˈoʊ ɡjˈuːtənbˌɜːɡ, jˈuːzd tə dɪskˈʌvɚ ðə θɹˈiːlˈeɪɚd ˈɜːθ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹtiːn.
These were the foundations that one of Wiechert's students, Beno Gutenberg, used to discover the three-layered Earth in 1914.