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See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
HALL, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1811–1898) , See also:American geologist and palaeontologist, was See also:born at See also:Hingham, See also:Massachusetts, on the 12th of See also:September 1811. In See also:early See also:life he became attached to the study of natural See also:history, and he completed his See also:education at the poly-technic See also:institute at See also:Troy in New See also:York, where he graduated in 1832, and afterwards became See also:professor of See also:chemistry and natural See also:science, and subsequently of See also:geology. In 1836 he was appointed one of the geologists on the See also:Geological Survey of the See also:state of
New York, and he was before See also:long charged with the palaeontological See also:work. Eventually he became state geologist and director of the museum of natural history at See also:Albany. His published papers date from 1836, and include numerous reports on the geology and palaeontology of various portions of the See also:United States and See also:Canada. He dealt likewise with See also:physical geology, and in 1859 discussed the connexion between the See also:accumulation of sedimentary deposits and the See also:elevation of See also:mountain-chains. His See also:chief work was the description of the invertebrate fossils of New York—in which he dealt with the See also:graptolites, brachiopods, See also:mollusca, See also:trilobites, echini and crinoids of the Palaeozoic formations. The results were published in a See also:series of See also:quarto volumes entitled Palaeontology of New York (1847–1894), in which he was assisted in course of See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time by R. P. See also:Whitfield and J. M. See also:- CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
- CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
- CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
- CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
- CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
- CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
- CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
- CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
- CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
- CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
- CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
- CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)
Clarke. He published also reports on the geology of See also:Oregon and See also:California (1845), See also:Utah (1852), See also:Iowa (1859) and See also:Wisconsin (1862). He received the See also:Wollaston See also:medal from the Geological Society of See also:London in 1858. He was a See also:man of See also:great See also:energy and untiring See also:industry, and in 1897, when in his eighty-See also:sixth See also:year, he journeyed to St See also:Petersburg to take See also:part in the See also:International Geological See also:Congress, and then joined the excursion to the Ural mountains. He died at Albany on the 7th of See also:August 1898.
See Life and Work of James Hall, by H. C. Hovey, Amer. Geol. See also:xxiii., 1899, p. 137 (portraits).
End of Article: HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
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