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Herbert E. Gregory
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“In addition to those maintained by the Federal and Territorial governments, the active scientific organizations of Hawaii include the , the , the , and the .”
Herbert E. Gregory (1869–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The work of the archeologists of the s revealed no very ancient habitation in the central and south Pacific. For the the evidence serves to substantiate the conclusions of , based on linguistic and cultural study. The following dates are considered reasonable estimates: A.D. 0, the first Polynesian migratory movement; A.D.600, a second migration; and A.D. 1000, a period of great Polynesian expansion.”
Herbert E. Gregory (1869–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poetry and musings about the nature of things require no special technique, no collections of materials for comparison. A gifted mind is the essential equipment; and such minds may appear anywhere and at any time. But the development of involves critical observation of a variety of things from many places, the interchange of ideas among many workers, the making of hypotheses, the formulation and selection of method, and the invention of .”
Herbert E. Gregory (1869–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“... the ... brings to view and differentiates s even in apparently homogeneous rocks. The development of this instrument and of the means of preparing rocks for study marked the beginning of the golden age of descriptive , the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The way had been blazed by , who invented the for , attached it to a , and devised a method for preparing thin sections of (1828). The success of this method led to the epoch-making discovery that and s and some s were composed of skeletons of organisms.”
Herbert E. Gregory (1869–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Progress has been attained by the development of chemical methods of research in and rock relationship. The pioneer work of (1846), the founder of , (1851), and (1857) led the way to the researches of , , and , and culminated in 's awe-inspiring volume, ‘’Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks’’ (1903), , , , and Washington's ‘’Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks’’ (1903), and Clarke's ‘’Data of Geochemistry’’ (4th ed., 1920)—three American works which are essential s for s and s of all countries.”
Herbert E. Gregory (1869–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the formation of the s, s, and s a time proved by and was poured out over central Connecticut and possibly over the entire State. Remains of these flows of now stand as a ridge separating the valleys of and s. During time the highlands were lowered and the entire surface was reduced practically to a plain sloping from northwest to southeast, and the Cretaceous sediments now exhibited on probably also covered southern Connecticut. This plain () formed during Cretaceous time was uplifted during early time, and the streams were thereby given greater eroding power and began at once to deepen and widen their valleys. Continued erosion during the millions of years comprehended in Tertiary time resulted in giving to Connecticut the larger features of valley and hill, highland, and lowland, which exist at the present time.”
Herbert E. Gregory (1869–1952) said by 1952 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source