The growing weight of evidence finally tilted the balance in 1931, when the National Research Council of the US National Academy of Sciences decided to resolve the question of the age of Earth by appointing a committee to investigate.
O crecente peso das evidencias finalmente inclinou a balanza en 1931, cando o Consello de Investigación Nacional da Academia Nacional de Ciencias dos Estados Unidos decidiu resolver a cuestión da idade da Terra creando un comité para investigar.