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set by the Editor To celebrate the silver anniversary of this publication, I have devised a little competition. The answers can all be found in past numbers of The Edinburgh Geologist. Because of editorial difficulties in the past, not all years are represented by two issues or even a single issue, in which case you will have to search around! Please send in answers to me by 31st August 2002. There will be a prize too - the forthcoming publication Minerals of Scotland by Alec Livingston.
1977. On what day and month this year was Murchison House officially opened? 1978. What are the names of the two principal volcanic vents on Arthur's Seat? 1979. In what year were the South Orkney Islands discovered by captains Powell and Palmer? 1980. What Scottish stone was used for the floor of Cologne Cathedral? 1981. In what month and year did the late Ian Sime first visit Smoo Cave? 1982. In what year was the Brent Oil Field discovered? 1983. Who was the chemist who first isolated the element Strontium? 1984. Who was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society in 1864-1865? 1985. What geological examination was first held in this year? 1986. What scientific device was used in the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh from 1919 to 1962? 1987. Where was the Edinburgh Geological Societyís 11th long excursion held? 1988. Where was Robert Dunlop working on behalf of the Pumpherston Oil Company in 1899? 1989. Who was the President of the Edinburgh Geological Society in 1975-1977? 1990. What are the two principal minerals in harzburgite? 1991. What is the connection between Saltire Court in Castle Terrace and the Edinburgh Geological Society? 1992. What year saw the building of the cottage in which Hugh Miller was born? 1993. From where was the gold taken that was used to fashion the sixteenth century Scottish Regalia? 1994. In what year was Charles Thomas Clough born? 1995. What effect was the Storegga Slide believed to have on Scotland? 1996. In what year did Charles D Walcott discover the Burgess Shale fauna? 1997. What were the dates of the first ever Scottish Geology Week? 1998. What meeting brought Gideon Mantell to Edinburgh in 1850? 1999. By what name was James Lewis Macie more famously known? 2000. What English town has as its symbol a ichthyosaur? 2001. After who or what is the mineral Susanite named?
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