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Cover image for The Edinburgh Geologist issue 39
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
Whatís 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
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