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Edward Greenly
(3 Dec 1861 - 4 Mar 1951)
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Science Quotes by Edward Greenly (2 quotes)
Anglesey has two deserts, one made by Nature, the other made by Man: Newborough and Parys
Mountain.
— Edward Greenly
Parys Mountain was despoiled over centuries by copper mining. In A Hand Through Time (1938), Vol. 1, 293.
The surveyor ought to work in solitude. He must no more admit company while mapping than a writer admits visitors to his study while writing. This applies even to geological company, nay, even to the company of a skilled fellow-surveyor... The two authors of this book [Edward Greenly and Howell Williams] once thought that it would be pleasant to have a day's mapping together, and decided to break through their rule. The result was a ludicrous paralysis. The commonest operation seemed a mountain of difficulty. Next day the senior author (whose ground it was) swept an india-rubber over every line and went out again, when, hey presto! And all was clear.
— Edward Greenly
Edward Greenly and Howell Williams, Methods in Geological Surveying (1930), 375-6.
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- 3 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Greenly's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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