George Perkins Merrill
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- Bachelors Geology Cornell University
- Masters Geology Cornell University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, George Perkins Merrill was an American geologist, notable as the head curator from 1917 to 1929 of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum . Biography George Perkins Merrill was born in Auburn, Maine on May 31, 1854. He was educated at the University of Maine , took a post-graduate courses of study and was assistant in chemistry at Wesleyan University, Connecticut , and subsequently studied at Johns Hopkins .
George Perkins Merrill's Published Works
Published Works
- A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils (1905) (108)
- The Paleozoic section in the vicinity of Three Forks, Montana (40)
- On Chondrules and Chondritic Structure in Meteorites. (1920) (39)
- On metamorphism in meteorites (1921) (35)
- Rocks, Rock-Weathering and Soils (32)
- Contributions to the history of American geology (28)
- The first one hundred years of American geology (1925) (23)
- Catalogue of the type and figured specimens of fossils, minerals, rocks and ores in the department of Geology, United States National Museum. Part 1. Fossil invertebrates (18)
- The Meteor Crater of Canyon Diablo, Arizona; Its History, Origin, and Associated Meteoric Irons (1908) (18)
- The Cumberland Falls, Whitley County, Kentucky, meteorite (15)
- On the Monticellite-Like Mineral in Meteorites, and on Oldhamite as a Meteoric Constituent. (1915) (11)
- On the calcium phosphate in meteoric stones (1917) (11)
- On a peculiar form of metamorphism in siliceous sandstone (8)
- On the Building and Ornamental Stones of Wisconsin (1900) (8)
- On the supposed origin of the moldavites and like sporadic glasses from various sources (8)
- On the minor constituents of meteorites (1913) (8)
- Meteoric iron from Odessa, Ector County, Texas (1922) (7)
- A new stony meteorite from Allegan, Michigan, and a new iron meteorite from Mart, Texas (6)
- The composition of stony meteorites compared with that of terrestrial igneous rocks,and considered with reference to their efficacy in world-making (1909) (6)
- A newly found meteorite from Admire, Lyon County, Kansas (6)
- On hornblende andesites from the new volcano on Bogosloff Island in Bering Sea (5)
- Disintegration of the granitic rocks of the District of Columbia (5)
- On the formation of stalactites and gypsum incrustations in caves (4)
- A NEWLY-FOUND STONY METEORITE. (1906) (4)
- Minerals from earth and sky (1938) (4)
- Notes on the composition and structure of the Indarch, Russia, meteoric stone (4)
- Geological Sketch of Lower California (4)
- Further notes on the Plainview, Texas, meteorite (4)
- Notes on the serpentinous rocks of Essex County, New York; from Aqueduct Shaft 26, New York City; and from near Easton, Pennsylvania (3)
- Contributions to the study of the Canyon Diablo meteorites (3)
- Concerning the origin of the metal in meteorites (3)
- On a stony meteorite, which fell near Felix, Perry County, Alabama, May 15, 1900 (3)
- On the collection of Maine building stones in the United States National Museum (3)
- Notes on some eruptive rocks from Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison Counties, Montana (3)
- On the composition and structure of the Hamblen County, Tennessee, meteorite (1896) (3)
- On nephrite and jadeite (3)
- A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE ORIGIN OF METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA (1920) (3)
- Beaver Creek meteorite [B. C.]; chemical discussion, by W. F. Hillebrand; microscopical discussion by G. P. Merrill (1894) (3)
- On newly discovered meteoric irons from the Wallapai (Hualapai) Indian Reservation, Arizona (2)
- A recently-found iron meteorite from Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee (2)
- A new meteoric stone from Johnstown, Weld County, Colorado. American Museum novitates ; no. 203 (2)
- A new find of meteoric stones near Plainview, Hale County, Texas (2)
- On the serpentine of Montville, New Jersey (2)
- On the origin of veins in asbestiform serpentine (2)
- A meteoric metabolite from Dungannon, Virginia (2)
- Meteorites, Their Structure, Composition and Terrestrial Relations (1916) (2)
- SANDSTONE DISINTEGRATION THROUGH THE FORMATION OF INTERSTITIAL GYPSUM. (1900) (2)
- The Fayette County, Texas, meteorite (1888) (2)
- Report on some carbonic acid tests on the weathering of marbles and limestones (2)
- Researches on the Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of Meteorites. (1915) (2)
- The Principles of Rock Weathering (1896) (2)
- On deposits of volcanic dust and sand in southwestern Nebraska (2)
- Alfred Nicholson Leeds, F.G.S. (1917) (2)
- On a new stony meteorite from Modoc, Scott County, Kansas (1906) (2)
- A recently found iron meteorite from Oakley, Idaho (2)
- Quartz in meteoric stones (1924) (2)
- Notes on asbestos and asbestiform minerals (2)
- On the ophiolite of Thurman, Warren Co., N.Y., with remarks on the eozoon canadense (1889) (1)
- The formation of sandstone concretions (1)
- PRELIMINARY NOTE ON NEW METEORITES FROM ALLEGAN, MICHIGAN AND MART, TEXAS. (1899) (1)
- A stony meteorite from Forksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia (1)
- A Peculiar Occurrence of Beeswax. (1893) (1)
- A RELIEF MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. (1917) (1)
- A heretofore undescribed stony meteorite from Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia (1)
- Notes on the meteoric stone of Colby, Wisconsin (1)
- The Salt Industry in the United States (1888) (1)
- The Percentage Number of Meteorite Falls and Finds Considered with Reference to Their Varying Basicity. (1919) (1)
- A New Source of the So-Called Mexican Onyx. (1893) (1)
- On the Fayette County, Texas, meteorite finds of 1878 and 1900 and the probability of their representing two distinct falls (1)
- On the black nodules or so-called inclusions in the Maine granites (1)
- On a Meteoric Iron from Four Corners, San Juan County, New Mexico. (1924) (1)
- The “Fossil Forest” of Arizona (1914) (1)
- Observations of Falling Meteorites (1922) (1)
- Heretofore undescribed meteoric irons from [1] Bolivia, South America, [2] western Arkansas, and [3] Seneca Township, Michigan (1)
- Lazulite in an unusual form (1918) (1)
- Handbook for the Department of Geology in the U. S. National Museum. Part 1. Geognosy: The materials of the earth's crust (1)
- Weathering of Micaceous Gneiss in Albemarle County, Virginia (1)
- University training of engineers in economic geology (1906) (1)
- Recently found meteoric irons from Mesa Verde Park, Colo., and Savannah, Tenn (1)
- The Principles of Rock Weathering (1896) (1)
- Notes on the Whitfield County, Georgia, meteoric irons, with new analyses (1)
- Tests for Fluorine and Tin in Meteorites with Notes on Maskelynite and the Effect of Dry Heat on Meteoric Stones. (1918) (1)
- On a recently found meteoric iron from Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky (1)
- Notes on the composition of certain "Pliocene sandstones" from Montana and Idaho (1886) (1)
- Building Stones and Clay-Products: A Handbook for Architects (1912) (1)
- On a peridotite from Little Deer Isle, in Penobscot Bay, Maine (1)
- Notes on the secondary enlargement of augites in a peridotite from Little Deer Isle, Me (1888) (1)
- On the meteorite from Rich Mountain, Jackson County, North Carolina (1)
- A heretofore undescribed meteoric stone from Kansas City, Missouri (0)
- A new meteoric stone from Baldwyn, Mississippi (0)
- Record Unit 7177 George P. Merrill Collection, circa 1800-1930 and undated (0)
- The new Baltimore, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, meteoric iron; supplemental note (1923) (0)
- POT-HOLE VS. REMOLINO. (1899) (0)
- Rock Minerals, their Chemical and Physical Characters and their Determination in Thin Sections: JOSEPH P. IDDINGS (1907) (0)
- A newly found meteroric iron from Perryville, Perry County Missouri (0)
- Disintegration and decomposition of diabase at Medford, Massachusetts (0)
- On the Glacial Pothole in the National Museum (1904) (0)
- Fluidal Cavities in Quartz-Grains of Sandstones (1883) (0)
- Volcanic dust from south-western Nebraska. (1885) (0)
- Report on the exhibit of the United States National Museum at the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901 (0)
- PROCEEDINGS OF UNLTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM . 115 ON NEPHRITE AND JADEITE (0)
- Notes on the mineralogy and lithology of the District of Columbia (0)
- On a new meteorite from the San Emigdio Range, San Bernardino County, California (1888) (0)
- A recent meteorite fall near Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona (0)
- XI.—Brief Notices (1917) (0)
- ON THE METEORITE OF ESTHERVILLE , IOWA , WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS INCLUDED ' TECK-HAMITE " AND PROBABLE METAMORPHIC NATURE . By (0)
- Volcanic Dust from South-Western Nebraska (1885) (0)
- A CHEAP FORM OF BOX FOR MICROSCOPE SLIDES. (1892) (0)
- A newly found meteoric stone reported by W. B. Lang from Peck's Spring, Midland County, Tex (0)
- On meteoric irons from Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, and Signal Mountain, Lower California, and a pallasite from Cold Bay, Alaska (0)
- Travels in the Confederation (1783-1784) (1911) (0)
- On prochlorite from the District of Columbia (0)
- A NEW METEORITE FROM SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS. (1906) (0)
- The Geology of Building Stones (1911) (0)
- Concerning the Montville Serpentine. (1888) (0)
- A second meteoric find from Scott County, Kansas (0)
- British and Foreign Building Stones . A Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge. By John Watson. (1911) (0)
- PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM . 105 ON THE SERPENTINE OF MONTVILLE , NEW JERSEY (0)
- THE SIBERIAN METEORITE. (1928) (0)
- Hornblende andesite from the new Bogosloff volcano. (1884) (0)
- PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM . 101 ON THE SAN EMIGDIO METEORITE (0)
- Supposed crude jade from Alaska. (1885) (0)
- On the ophiolite of Thurman, Warren County, New York, with remarks on the Eozoon canadense. (1889) (0)
- Note on a Potsdam sandstone, or conglomerate, from Berks County, Pennsylvania (0)
- On a newly found meteorite from Selma, Dallas County, Alabama (0)
- A New Source of the So-Called Mexican Onyx (1893) (0)
- British and Foreign Building Stones (1911) (0)
- A Newly-Found Stony Meteorite (1906) (0)
- OBSERVATIONS OF FALLING METEORITES. (1922) (0)
- THE CUMBERLAND FALLS METEORITE. (1919) (0)
- A second meteorite find in Florida (0)
- Discussion of "The Strength And Weathering Qualities Of Roofing Slates" (1894) (0)
- On a Stony Meteorite from Anthony, Harper County, Kansas, and a Recently Found Meteoric Iron from Mejillones, Chile. (1924) (0)
- A newly found iron meteorite from Somerset County, Pennsylvania (1923) (0)
- III.—A Discussion on the Use of the Terms Rock-weathering, Serpentinization, and Hydrometamorphism (1899) (0)
- An occurrence of free gold in granite (1896) (0)
- Carl Ludwig Rominger (0)
- Concerning the Montville Serpentine (1888) (0)
- Two Governmental Reference Publications@@@Contributions to a History of American State Geological and Natural History Surveys@@@Fifth Report of the United States Geographic Board, 1890 to 1920 (1921) (0)
- Notes on the composition and structure of the Hendersonville, North Carolina, meteorite (0)
- A newly found meteoric stone from Lake Okechobee, Florida (0)
- Notes on the meteorite of Estherville, Iowa, with especial reference to itsincluded "peckhamite" and probable metamorphic nature (0)
- Fluidal cavities in quartz-grains of sandstones. (1883) (0)
- Building Stones and Clay-Products: A Handbook for Architects . By Heinrich Ries. New York, John Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman and Hall, Limited. (1912) (0)
- On an azure-blue pyroxenic rock from the middle Gila, New Mexico (1892) (0)
- ON THE SERPENTINOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY , NEW YORK ; FROM AQUEDUCT SHAFT (0)
- Preliminary note on the crystalline schists of the District of Columbia (0)
- Accession 98-012 George P. Merrill Collection, 1889-1925 and undated (0)
- A Cheap Form of Box for Microscope Slides (1892) (0)
- Supposed Crude Jade from Alaska (1885) (0)
- WHY NOT THE COLLECTIONS OF SEEDS? (1893) (0)
- Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and their Determination in Thin Section (1911) (0)
- On the mineral composition and structure of the Troup meteorite (0)
- On the San Emigdio meteorite (0)
- The Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, meteorite (0)
- A newly found meteorite from near Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas (0)
- Hornblende Andesite from the New Bogosloff Volcano (1884) (0)
- A Method of Labelling Museum Specimens (1887) (0)
- A method of labelling museum specimens. (0)
- Edward Travers Cox (0)
- A New Meteorite from Scott County, Kansas (1906) (0)
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