History of the Geological Society of Glasgow 1858 1908 With Biographical Notic
History of the Geological Society of Glasgow 1858 1908 With Biographical Notic
Peter Macnair
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" The late Dr. Crosskey, in an " Address in Memory of James Smith " (see vol. Ii. , p. 228, of our Transactions], says, " These happy discoveries will connect our late President's name with the history of geology. No geo- logical manual can be written without its chapter on the Glacial epoch, and the first page in this chapter must be ascribed to the hand of James Smith. " Professor James Geikie, in his " Great Ice Age, " in the chapter dealing with the Arctic shell-beds of Scotland, says, " Th...e deposits now about to be considered are memorable in the annals of geological discovery. Mr. Smith of Jordanhill was the first to introduce them to notice, and the phenomena, as described by him, at once convinced the most sceptical that an Arctic climate had really at one time characterised our country. " Mr. Smith wrote a great number of papers on the subject, which were collected and published in one volume, entitled " Researches in Newer Pliocene and post-Tertiary Geology. " We have quoted from Dr.
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