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INDEX 



Geological Survey of Great Britain, 

 founded by H. T. De la Beche, 34 ; 

 first beginnings of in 1832, 36, 37 ; 

 under Board of Ordnance, 37 ; pub- 

 lication of early maps, 37, 38, 39; 

 connection of with Geological 

 Society, 37, 120; character of first 

 maps, 39, 205, 206; field-work 

 extended to South Wales, 42, 43 ; 

 duties of officers of, 43 ; military 

 uniform of, 45 ; life of, in the field, 

 45 ; discomforts and risks in work 

 of, 46 ; palaeontologist appointed, 

 57 ; influence of climate on work of, 

 59 ; winter work of, 60 ; transferred 

 to the Office of Works, 61, 65; 

 augmentation of staff, 66 ; publishes 

 Memoirs, 67, 84 ; account of by 

 Leonard Horner, 68 ; system of 

 accounting in, 69, 168 ; duties of 

 Local Director of, 71 ; work of in 

 Ireland, 72 ; work of in South 

 Wales finished, 75 ; work of in 

 North Wales begun, 79 ; in progress 

 in the Dolgelli region, 81 ; appealed 

 to by Murchison, 93 ; revision work 

 of (see 'Revision'); preliminary 

 traverses in Snowdon region, 105 ; 

 section-running by, 113; progress of 

 up to 1848, 120; first sketch of 

 work done in North Wales, 125 ; first 

 publication of results of work in North 

 Wales, 125 ; regulation as to pub- 

 lication of results obtained by officers 

 of the, 126 ; work in Snowdon 

 region, 133, 148, 153, 161 ; legal 

 powers of trespass, 133; annual 

 dinners of, 142, 160, 175, 241 ; 

 songs by members of, 142, 160, 161, 

 176, 241, 242 ; head office removed 

 to Jermyn Street, 174 ; transferred to 

 Department of Science and Art, 

 207 ; extended to Scotland, 209, 

 219; progress of in England up to 

 1854, 211 ; condition of staff in 

 1854, 212; six -inch Ordnance 

 Survey maps used by, 215, 217 ; 

 death of De la Beche, 227 ; Mur- 

 chison appointed as his successor, 

 228 ; explanatory memoirs for the 

 maps organised, 259 ; reorganisation 

 and enlargement of staff in 1867, 

 290-293 ; agronomical work, 293 ; 

 progress of the service up to 1872, 

 314; duties of Director- General, 

 315 ; preparation of Annual Report, 



321 ; revision of maps of Wales 

 (see 'Revision'); conference of 

 Director-General with Directors for 

 England and Scotland, 342 ; Sir A. 

 C. Ramsay resigns his position on 

 the staff, 348 



Geology, Structural, Ramsay's contri- 

 butions to, 355 



Stratigraphical, Ramsay's work 



in, 357 



Physiographical, Ramsay's 



researches in, 358 



history of, 349, 363 



Museum of Economic (see 



Museum) 



Gergovia, 353 



Giant's Causeway, 342 



Gibbs, R., 66, 83, 105, 108, 135, 136, 

 137, 147, 212 



Gibraltar, 337, 338, 344 



Glacial geology, Ramsay's first refer- 

 ence to, 64 ; his first lessons in, 

 137 ; early incredulity regarding, 

 138; Ramsay's first public declara- 

 tion relating to, 1 60 ; progress of 

 Ramsay's views regarding, 167, 168, 

 170, 177, 193, 198, 202, 219, 251, 

 253> 254, 268, 326, 337, 345, 346 ; 

 summary of his contributions to, 

 36i 



periods, successive, 198, 219, 



228, 322, 326, 362 



Gladstone, Mr. W. E., 349 

 Glas lyn, 135 



Glasgow, Chemical Society of, 

 founded, 2 



Philosophical Society of, 



foundation of, 2 



University confers degree of 



LL.D. on Ramsay, 347 



Glendalough (Galway), 342 



Glengariff, 217 



Glen Sannox, 23 



Glyder fawr, 107, 136, 148, 149, 154, 



255 



fach, 150, 151 



Goatfell, view from top of, 22 

 Godwin- Austen, R. A. C., 78, 124, 



144, 309, 334 



Goodsir, J., 222 



Corner glacier, 267 



Graham, J., notice of, 29 ; at Univer- 

 sity College, 1 1 8 



Grant, Dr., 118 



Grantham, 305 



Green, A. H., 309 



