A Geological Miscellany

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contributors, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xi*Acknowledgements, pg. xvii*Uniformitarian Meanders, pg. 1*4004 BC, pg. 2*Brief Thoughts on Maps, pg. 3*Variable Strata, pg. 4*Biblical Uniformitarianism, pg. 5*Geological Literature, pg. 5*On the Prospects of Coal near Otakaia, Otago, pg. 6*The Discovery of the South Magnetic Pole, pg. 11*Geologists in Antarctica, pg. 19*Oceanography at Wisconsin, pg. 19*Sampling the Sea Floor in 1820, pg. 20*The Last Pterodactyl, pg. 24*Plain Geology, pg. 26*Pardon?, pg. 29*Rocks, Whistles and Last Trumps, pg. 30*The First Seismograph, pg. 30*The San Francisco Earthquake, pg. 31*Earthquake in Valdivia, pg. 32*Legal Slip, pg. 33*Einstein and Gutenberg, pg. 33*A Scientific Swindler, pg. 34*Alfred Wegener, Meteorologist (1870-1930), pg. 42*Et Al., pg. 45*On Brevity, pg. 45*Poppycock, pg. 46*Rock Bottom, pg. 46*Annual Mileage, pg. 47*Student Field Trip, pg. 48*Travelling Expenses, pg. 48*Victorian Geology, pg. 49*Life on the Ocean Wave, pg. 50*Geology in London, pg. 51*William Buckland 1784-1856), pg. 51*Divining for Metals, pg. 54*Proof Spirit, pg. 57*Feasting, pg. 58*Fasting, pg. 59*Struthiomimus, or the Danger of Being Too Clever, pg. 59*Burnet and His Critics, pg. 61*Expert Advice, pg. 70*Compiling Maps, pg. 70*Joining-up, pg. 70*Theories of the Earth, 1828, pg. 71*Pursuing a Line of Thought, pg. 78*Petrifications, pg. 78*The Excursion, pg. 80*Respect for the Director General, pg. 81*Bureaucracy, 1885, pg. 81*Official Letters, pg. 82*Irish Debt, pg. 83*The Village and Its Amusements, pg. 84*Poor Smith, pg. 85*Odd Balls, pg. 86*Time and Tide, pg. 86*Old Magma, pg. 87*Magmafication, pg. 87*A Fossil Town, pg. 89*In Aquavitae, Veritas, pg. 91*On the Effects of Malt Whisky, pg. 91*Traits of My Early Childhood, pg. 91*Self-esteem, pg. 92*Transient Love, pg. 93*Haute Cuisine, pg. 94*Motivating Research, pg. 96*Marsh and Cope, pg. 97*A Visit to Dr Woodward, pg. 100*Cephalopods Cure Cramp in Cows, pg. 101*Ad Infinitum, pg. 102*Collecting in 1728, pg. 102*The Specimen Hunter, pg. 103*Self-possession, pg. 103*Mary Anning, pg. 103*Welsh Pronunciation: the Sedgwick Way, pg. 105*Plesiosaurus triatarsostinus, pg. 106*A New Approach, pg. 108*Plus Ca Change, pg. 110*Geology in 1969, pg. 110*The Piltdown Hoax, pg. 111*Sedgwick on The Origin of Species, pg. 113*Aping the Past, pg. 113*Letter to the Earth, pg. 114*Geology-the Hypothetical Science, pg. 115*A Geologist's Paradise, pg. 116*The Great Diamond Hoax, pg. 116*Mark Twain-Geologist, pg. 124*Theorists, pg. 130*Ami Boue, pg. 130*Dress and Equipment 100 Years Ago, pg. 132*Darwin and Sedgwick in the Field, pg. 134*Darwin on Lyell, pg. 135*Lyell as Statesman and Gourmand, pg. 136*Cabbage Rolls, pg. 140*Trace Elements in Food, pg. 141*Lab. Work, pg. 142*Chemists and Geologists, pg. 142*In Situ, pg. 143*Cuvier's Study, pg. 144*The Jolly Young Trilobite, pg. 145*Potted Geology, pg. 146*Science and Economists, pg. 147*In Memoriam, pg. 148*Field Trip-New Mexico, pg. 149*Moderation in All Things, pg. 152*Storm Warning, pg. 152*... But Names Can Never Hurt Me, pg. 153*Call a Spade a Spade, pg. 154*Linnaeus Simplified, pg. 154*Musty Dons, pg. 155*Rote Learning, pg. 157*Practical Demonstrations, pg. 158*Student Assessment, pg. 160*Rara Avis, pg. 161*The Giant's Causeway, pg. 161*Triangular Diagrams, pg. 162*'Frisky Hall', pg. 162*Experimental Folding, pg. 163*The Pick and Hammer Club, pg. 164*Russian Efficiency, pg. 166*Stone Juice, pg. 168*Acknowledgement, pg. 168*Geological Poachers, pg. 169*Pretty Stones, pg. 170*Magnetic Attraction, pg. 172*E. B. Bailey (1881-1965), pg. 172*Ruskin on Rocks, pg. 173*The Death of Pliny the Elder, pg. 174*Vesuvius, pg. 176*Volcanic Moulds, pg. 179*Fecal Petrofabrics, pg. 180*Suggestions re Field Work, etc., pg. 181*AWOL, pg. 183*Powell in the Grand Canyon, pg. 184*The Min. Mag., pg. 190*The Cosmic Achoo!, pg. 191*Index, pg. 193