A Geological Miscellany / / G. Y. Craig, E. J. Jones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Craig, G. Y.,; Jones, E. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 436
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.)

A Geological Miscellany is an entertainment: a book of anecdotes, epigrams, documents, and cartoons, all illustrating (although not all intentionally) the humorous side of the profession.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Uniformitarian Meanders -- 4004 BC -- Brief Thoughts on Maps -- Variable Strata -- Biblical Uniformitarianism -- Geological Literature -- On the Prospects of Coal near Otakaia, Otago -- The Discovery of the South Magnetic Pole -- Geologists in Antarctica -- Oceanography at Wisconsin -- Sampling the Sea Floor in 1820 -- The Last Pterodactyl -- Plain Geology -- Pardon? -- Rocks, Whistles and Last Trumps -- The First Seismograph -- The San Francisco Earthquake -- Earthquake in Valdivia -- Legal Slip -- Einstein and Gutenberg -- A Scientific Swindler -- Alfred Wegener, Meteorologist (1870-1930) -- Et Al. -- On Brevity -- Poppycock -- Rock Bottom -- Annual Mileage -- Student Field Trip -- Travelling Expenses -- Victorian Geology -- Life on the Ocean Wave -- Geology in London -- William Buckland 1784-1856) -- Divining for Metals -- Proof Spirit -- Feasting -- Fasting -- Struthiomimus, or the Danger of Being Too Clever -- Burnet and His Critics -- Expert Advice -- Compiling Maps -- Joining-up -- Theories of the Earth, 1828 -- Pursuing a Line of Thought -- Petrifications -- The Excursion -- Respect for the Director General -- Bureaucracy, 1885 -- Official Letters -- Irish Debt -- The Village and Its Amusements -- Poor Smith -- Odd Balls -- Time and Tide -- Old Magma -- Magmafication -- A Fossil Town -- In Aquavitae, Veritas -- On the Effects of Malt Whisky -- Traits of My Early Childhood -- Self-esteem -- Transient Love -- Haute Cuisine -- Motivating Research -- Marsh and Cope -- A Visit to Dr Woodward -- Cephalopods Cure Cramp in Cows -- Ad Infinitum -- Collecting in 1728 -- The Specimen Hunter -- Self-possession -- Mary Anning -- Welsh Pronunciation: the Sedgwick Way -- Plesiosaurus triatarsostinus -- A New Approach -- Plus Ça Change -- Geology in 1969 -- The Piltdown Hoax -- Sedgwick on The Origin of Species -- Aping the Past -- Letter to the Earth -- Geology-the Hypothetical Science -- A Geologist's Paradise -- The Great Diamond Hoax -- Mark Twain-Geologist -- Theorists -- Ami Boué -- Dress and Equipment 100 Years Ago -- Darwin and Sedgwick in the Field -- Darwin on Lyell -- Lyell as Statesman and Gourmand -- Cabbage Rolls -- Trace Elements in Food -- Lab. Work -- Chemists and Geologists -- In Situ -- Cuvier's Study -- The Jolly Young Trilobite -- Potted Geology -- Science and Economists -- In Memoriam -- Field Trip-New Mexico -- Moderation in All Things -- Storm Warning -- . . . But Names Can Never Hurt Me -- Call a Spade a Spade -- Linnaeus Simplified -- Musty Dons -- Rote Learning -- Practical Demonstrations -- Student Assessment -- Rara Avis -- The Giant's Causeway -- Triangular Diagrams -- 'Frisky Hall' -- Experimental Folding -- The Pick and Hammer Club -- Russian Efficiency -- Stone Juice -- Acknowledgement -- Geological Poachers -- Pretty Stones -- Magnetic Attraction -- E. B. Bailey (1881-1965) -- Ruskin on Rocks -- The Death of Pliny the Elder -- Vesuvius -- Volcanic Moulds -- Fecal Petrofabrics -- Suggestions re Field Work, etc. -- AWOL -- Powell in the Grand Canyon -- The Min. Mag. -- The Cosmic Achoo! -- Index