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FROM THE GEOLOGICAL MAP TO THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. GLAMORGAN AND THE PIONEERS OF GEOLOGY. By F. J. NORTH, D.Sc., F.G.S. Page 1. Foreword 42 2. Geology, with special reference to Glamorgan, at the beginning of the nineteenth century 43 THE GEOLOGICAL MAP MATERIALISES. 3. South Wales on the first geological map 46 4. The second geological map of England and Wales 51 5. The colour scheme of British geological maps, and its origin 58 SOME PIONEERS, AND THEIR WORK IN GLAMORGAN. 6. George Bellas Greenough 60 7. William Buckland 61 8. Lewis Weston Dillwyn 64 9. William Daniel Conybeare 66 10. Henry Thomas de la Beche 70 WATER OR ICE ? NEW PROBLEMS. 11. The Deluge again! 77 12. Evidence of past glaciation-the Glacial Period 85 13. The modern era of geology begins 89 14. Paviland Cave, and the antiquity of man 92 GEOLOGY RECEIVES OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. 15. The Geological Survey 96 16. William Edmond Logan and early coalfield studies. 100 17. Darwin's influence upon geological progress 107