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ON the 29th ult. Prof. Prestwich, who, as our readers know, has succeeded the late Prof. Phillips in the chair of Geology at Oxford, gave his inaugural lecture in the Museum of the University. He commenced by paying a high and well-merited tribute to the value of the work, the wide attainments and character of his predecessor, Prof. Phillips, and giving a brief sketch of the aspect of geological science at the time the chair was established. Prof. Prestwich then proceeded to notice some of the larger features, whether on questions of theory or on questions of fact, by which the progress of geology has been marked, and which, while they may serve to show how much has been done, will yet indicate how much still remains to be accomplished.
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The Past and Future Work of Geology * . Nature 11, 290–292 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/011290b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/011290b0