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ALLPORT, SAMUEL (1816–1897)
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See also:ALLPORT, See also:SAMUEL (1816–1897) , See also:English petrologist, See also:brother of the above, was See also:born in See also:Birmingham on the 23rd of See also:January 1816, and educated in that See also:city. Although occupied in business during the greater portion of his See also:life, his leisure was given to See also:geological studies, and when residing for a See also:short See also:period in See also:Bahia, S. See also:America, he made observations on the See also:geology, published by the Geological Society in 186o. His See also:chief See also:work was in microscopic See also:petrology, to the study of which he was attracted by the investigations of Dr H. C. Sorby; and he became one of the pioneers of this See also:branch of geology, preparing his own See also:rock-sections with remarkable skill. The basalts of S. See also:Staffordshire, the diorites of See also:Warwickshire, the See also:phonolite of the See also:Wolf Rock (to which he first directed See also:attention), the pitchstones of See also:Arran and the altered igneous rocks near the See also:Land's End wercinvestigated and described by him during the years 1869–1879 in the Quarterly See also:Journal of the Geological Society and in the Geological See also:Magazine. In 188o he was appointed librarian in See also:Mason See also:College, a See also:post which he relinquished on See also:account of See also:ill-See also:health in 1887. In that See also:year the See also:Lyell See also:medal was awarded to him by the Geological Society. A few years later he retired to See also:Cheltenham, where he died on the 7th of See also:July 1897. ALL-See also:ROUND ATHLETICS. Specialization in athletic See also:sports, although always existent, is to a See also:great extent a See also:modern product. In See also:ancient times athletes were encouraged to excel in several branches of See also:sport, often quite opposite in See also:character. Thus the See also:athlete held in highest See also:honour at the Olympic See also:Games (see GAMES, CLASSICAL) was the winner of the pentathlon, which consisted of See also:running, See also:jumping, throwing the See also:javelin and the See also:discus, and See also:wrestling. All-round championships have existed for many years both in See also:Scotland and See also:Ireland, and in America there are both See also:national and sectional championships. The See also:American national championship was instituted in 1884, the winner being the athlete who succeeds in obtaining the highest marks in the following eleven events; 10o yards run; putting 16 lb shot; running high jump; See also:half-mile walk; throwing 16 lb See also:hammer; 120 yards See also:hurdle See also:race; See also:pole vault; throwing 56 lb See also:weight; one mile run; running broad jump; See also:quarter-mile run. In each event l000 points are allowed for equalling the " See also:record," and an increasing number of points is taken off for performances below " record," down to a certain "See also:standard," below which the competitor scores nothing. For example, in the too yards run the See also:time of 9A seconds represents l000 points; that of lo seconds scores 958, or 42 points less; See also:log seconds scores 916, &c.; and below 14 seconds the competitor scores nothing. Should the record be broken 42 points are added for each second. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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