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THE death of Prof. C. F. Shaw of California removes one of the most prominent of America's pedologists. Prof. Shaw gained a reputation from his studies in the field of pure rather than applied soil science, his name being especially associated with the question of soil classification. He spent several years studying Chinese soils, besides having a wide experience of American conditions. His revolving-disk method of measuring and specifying soil colour has been one of the more notable advances in the technique of soil physics in recent years. He was an ardent believer in the American binomial system of soil nomenclature, and had been engaged for some years prior to his death in collecting and collating a world list of ‘soil-series’ names, which was to serve systematic pedology as the Linnean system has served botany.
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J., G. Prof. C. F. Shaw. Nature 144, 891 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144891b0
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