Nov 14, 2024
Charles Lyell – Scientist of the Day
Charles Lyell, a Scottish geologist, was born Nov 14, 1797.
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Charles Lyell – Scientist of the Day
Charles Lyell, a Scottish geologist, was born Nov 14, 1797.
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I have a disproportionate love for geological maps...
Contour Lines
Professor, straight faced: I'd be hiking down Buck Ridge (referencing contour map) and wantin' to get down that bitch fast but those Northeast contour lines are dummy thicc.
Parker Cleaveland – Scientist of the Day
Parker Cleaveland, an American geologist and mineralogist, died on Aug. 15, 1858, at the age of 78.
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William Phillips – Scientist of the Day
William Phillips, an English geologist, printer, and publisher, was born May 10, 1775, in London.
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Robert J. Hay Cunningham – Scientist of the Day
Robert James Hay Cunningham, a Scottish geologist, died May 15, 1848; one source says he was just 27 years old at the time of his death, which I doubt, because we are going to discuss a book of his, published in 1838, that could hardly have been the work of a 17-year-old.
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Johann von Charpentier – Scientist of the Day
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Charpentier, a German geologist and mining engineer, died July 27, 1805, at the age of 67; he was born in Dresden in 1738.
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Jean-Étienne Guettard – Scientist of the Day
Jean-Étienne Guettard, a French geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist, was born Sep. 22, 1715.
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