The founders of geology / by Sir Archibald Geikie.

  • Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924.
Date:
1897
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    the Geological Survey, 267 ; per- sonal traits, 267 Murray, A., 270 Neptunists, 117, 201 Nicol, W., his prism, 276 ; invents the process of cutting thin slices of rocks for microscopic examina- tion, 276, 286 Nomenclature, origin of geological, 243 Norway, von Buch’s travels in, 146 Ocean, Werner’s doctrine of an original universal, 114, 116, 117 Omalius d’Hallo}', J. J. d’, 221 Paleontology, early beginnings of, 24-28, 220 ; rapid development of, 241 Palassou, Abbe, early geological map by, 23 Palissy’s views regarding fossil shells, 26 Pallas, P. S., career and work of, 80, 285 ; Cuvier’s Moge, of, 221 Paris basin, Guettard’s early obser- vations in the, 19, 24 ; inOuence of, on the rise of stratigraphical geologj', 208, 221 Pascal, 37 Pasumot, 59 Pennant’s Tour in Scotland, 55 Petrography, early condition of, 91 ; rapid growth of, in the latter half of the nineteenth century, 271,275, 286 Phillips, John, 224 W., 16 Physical geography, early writings on, 73 Physiographical geology, early obser- vations in, 28, 64 ; slow progress of, 286 Playfair, J., cited, 65, 151, 156, 159, 164, 183, 192, 193, 285; his Illustrations of the IhUtonian Theory, 159, 166 ; on veins, 177 ; on the origin of valleys, 180 ; on glaciers, 181, 271 ; disproves the alleged fossiliferous character of basalt in Antrim, 194; on geo- logical succession, 202 Plutonists, 176 Pocock, K., 54 Pre-Cambrian rocks, 269 Primitive rocks, 114, 121, 129, 130, 245, 268 Puy de Dome, 37, 57 Rain, action of, 28 Ramond, 138 Ramsay, A. C., 181, 269,282,283,284 Raspe on basalt, 78 Rath, G. vom, 280 Ray, John, 5, 34 Rhineland, basalt of, 53, 54, 65 Rhinoceros, fossil, of Siberia, 82 Richardson, B., 230, 232 W., 194 Rivers, action of, 28 Rochefoucault, Due de, 50, 51 Rogers, H. D., 256 Rom^ de Lisle, 55 Rose, Gustav, 280 Rosenbusch, Prof. H., 280 Rouelle, 208 Russia, exploration of, by Pallas, 79 Sainte-Clurk Deville, C. J., 16 Saussure, H. B. de, 65; his career and work, 84 ; his love of flowers, 85 ; his enthusiasm for the Alps, 85 ; his ideas of geological struc- ture, 87, 89, 90 ; first uses the term Geology, 88 ; on the use of fossils in ascertaining the age of rocks, 90; his experiments in the fusion of rocks, 91 ; his views on granite, 175 ; Cuvier’s iloge of, 85, 221 ; referred to, 285 Saxony, basalt of, 53, 62, 65, 120, 138, 145 Scandinavia, von Buch on elevation of, 146 Scotland, basalt of, 54, 198 Scrope, G. P., 16 Sea, action of the, 28, 30 Sea-bottom, nature of the, 31 Sedgwick, A., cited, 230, 237, 247, 285 ; birth and education, 256 ; elected Woodwardian Professor, 256 ; his early Wernerianism, 257 ; conjoint work with Murchison, 258 ; labours in the Lake District, 258 ; in Wales, 259 ; estrangement from Murchison, 261 ; personal traits, 268