The Edinburgh Geologist
Issue no 40

Editor: Alan Fyfe

Published April 2003

Cover illustration: old engraving of Pasterzen glacier, Grossglockner after a chromolithograph from Hoelzel's geographische Charakterbilder published in Vienna by E. Hoelzel, 1887. For further information, read article by Diarmid Finnegan.

Contents

Page

Editorial

1

Edinburgh and the reception of early glacial theory by Diarmid Finnegan

3

Red herrings by the barrel the Editor interviews Donald McIntyre

12

Hugh Miller's collection - a memorial to a great geological Scot by Michael Taylor & Martin Gostwick

24

A complimentary dinner by Alan Fyfe with help from Richard Batchelor and Norman Butcher

30

What's in a Name?  Getting personal by the Editor

32

Book reviews: recent Lothian RIGS leaflets reviewed by Bill Baird

34

Poet's Corner two poems by Melisande Luna

36

Geo-vineyards - Flat Rock contributed by Vic Loudon

38

Rocksword Puzzle No. 9  by Angela Anderson

39