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I.—A Geologist of a Century Ago

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Samuel Woodward
Samuel Woodward
Affiliation:
Norwich, Antiquary and Geologist1.
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Extract

Geologists are so accustomed to deal with vast periods of time, that a century may be deemed by them as equivalent to the moment-measure of the dial, or the sand-grains of the hour-glass.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1891 , pp. 1 - 8
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1891

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References

page 3 note 1 “Fossil Bones on the Coast of East Norfolk,” Phil. Mag. vol. lx. p. 132, 1822.Google Scholar

page 3 note 2 Well known to geologists as authoress of “A Catalogue of the Organic Remains of the County of Wilts,” 1831; (of Norton House Warminster, Wilts).

page 5 note 1 See RevLayton, J., Edinb. Journ. of Science, vol. vi. p. 199.Google Scholar

page 6 note 1 Whose collection, like William Smith's, is now preserved in the British Museum (Natural History).