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of the principle, with certain necessary modi- 
fications, to the stratified sedimentary rocks 
of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, and 
to the limestones of Florida, as well as to the 
glacial deposits of Long Island. 
In Hawaii, Dr. Chester K. Wentworth, 
when he was with the Honolulu Board of 
Water Supply, made important studies of the 
specific gravity of sea water in connection 
with the local value of the Herzberg ratio, of 
bottom storage, of the growth of the transi- 
tion zone; and of modifications of the Herz- 
berg principle by taking a dynamic instead of 
the original static view. Mr. L. T. Bryson, 
Chemist of the Board of Water Supply, has 
studied, among other things, base exchange 
in Honolulu ground waters and the nature of 
the transition zone. Mr. Doak C. Cox, Geolo- 
gist for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Asso- 
ciation, has made great progress in studies of 
the transition zone, of the effects of ocean tides 
on ground water levels, and of the dynamic 
vs. static view of the Herzberg principle. 
I am indebted to Mr. Doak C. Cox, Mr. 
Leslie J. Watson, and Mr. Erik Palmer for 
critical reading of the draft of this paper and 
for their valuable comments. 
EPILOGUE 
Some years ago we spoke of just the "Herz- 
berg Principle." Then, when it was realized 
that Badon Ghyben published first, we spoke 
of the "Ghyben-Herzberg Principle." Next it 
was learned that the Hollander’s family name 
was double, viz., Badon Ghyben, so it was felt 
that we should say the "Badon Ghyben- 
Herzberg Principle.” I now propose that we 
return to the simple form of "Herzberg Princi- 
ple," with its various parallels, such as "Herz- 
berg Lens." I believe this is justified, although 
Badon Ghyben published first, because Herz- 
berg (1) had the idea first and used it, and 
(2) gave a far better presentation of the idea. 
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