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...lecture yesterday afternoon on "The Lesson of the Colorado Canon" Professor W. M. Davis showed by a series of stereopticon views that the great truth revealed by a study of this canon is the vast amount of time during which the earth has been undergoing processes of formation and transformation. Professor Davis first stated that the canon as it exists today has been carved out of solid rock by the erosion of water and the elements. He then proved that not only has this work been going on for ages past but also that incomparably longer there have been...
Professor W. M. Davis will deliver a lecture, illustrated by stereopticon views, on "The Lesson of the Colorado Canon" in the Geological Lecture Room of the University Museum, Oxford street entrance, at 4.30 o'clock today. The lecture will be open to the public...
...Lecture. The Lesson of the Colorado Canon. (Illustrated by Stereopticon.) Professor Davis. Geological Lecture Room, S. W. corner of the University Museum, Oxford St. entrance...
Lecture. The Lesson of the Colorado Canon. (Illustrated by Stereopticon.) Professor Davis. Geological Lecture Room, S. W. corner of the University Museum, Oxford St. entrance...
...University Museum on Friday afternoons at 4.30 o'clock, beginning November 28. Stereopticon views and experiments will be made use of to illustrate the lectures, which will include a wide range of geological topics. The subjects of the lectures are as follows: November 28, "The Lesson of the Colorado Canon," by Professor W. M. Davis; December 5, "Clouds: their Formation and Classification," by Professor R. deC. Ward; December 12, "Experimental Geology," by Dr. T. A. Jaggar; December 17, "Crystal Optics and the Structure of Crystals," by Professor J. E. Wolff...