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International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences INHIGEO ANNUAL RECORD No. 50 Covering Activities generally in 2017 Issued in 2018 INHIGEO is A Commission of the International Union of Geological Sciences & An affiliate of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Compiled and Edited by William R. Brice INHIGEO Editor Printed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, on request Available at www.inhigeo.com ISSN 1028-1533 1 2 CONTENTS INHIGEO Annual Record No. 50 (Published in August 2018 and covering events generally in 2017) INHIGEO BOARD………………………………………………………………………..…………..…..6 MESSAGES TO MEMBERS President’s Message: Barry Cooper..……………………………………………………….…….7 Secretary-General’s Report: Marianne Klemun...……………………………………………......8 Editor’s Message: William R. Brice…………………………………………………………….10 INHIGEO CONFERENCE REPORT INHIGEO Conference, Yerevan, Armenia 12 to 18 September 2017……………………………………………….…………….….12 "Personalities of the INHIGEO: From Madrid (2010) To Cape Town (2016)" By L. Kolbantsey and Z. Bessudnova…………………………………...……………....29 INHIGEO CONFERENCES 43rd Symposium – Mexico City, 12-21 November 2018………………………………………...35 Future Scheduled conferences………….…………………………………..……………………36 44th INHIGEO Symposium, Varese and Como (Italy), 2-12 September 2019………….36 45th INHIGEO Symposium – New Delhi, India, 2020……………...…………………..37 46th INHIGEO Symposium – Poland, 2021……………………………………………..37 OTHER CONFERENCES Symposium on the Birth of Geology in Argentinean Universities………...………………….…37 Austrian Working Group “History of Earth Sciences“ (AWGHES)………..……………….….37 VIII Chilean Symposium on History of Geology………………………………….…………...38 The History of Geosciences Section (SSG) of the Geological Society of Italy………………………………………………..……....40 The JAHIGEO (Japanese Association for the History of Geological Sciences)………………...41 Petroleum History Institute Annual Symposium and Field Trip………………………..……….43 OBITUARIES Trevor David Ford (1925 – 2017)…………………………………………………………...…...44 Arkady Ilyich Galkin (1935-2017)………………………………………………………………46 Arkady Karakhanyan (1951-2017)………………………………………………..……..............47 3 Hakuyu Okada (1933-2017, 岡田博有)…………………………………………………............48 Phillip Elliott Playford (1931- 2017)……………………………………………………....…….50 Cecil J. Schneer (1923‒2017)…………………………………………..…………………..…....52 ARTICLES Mining and Geological Investigations of Józef Cieszkowski in England, Belgium and France (1825-1827) by Andrzej J. Wojcik………………………………………………………………56 Interview: Ken Taylor, in conversation with Ken Bork………………………………………....59 BOOK REVIEWS Unger, Z. (ed.) 2017: Föld és Ég II. Tudomány és hit. Geológia és teológia. (Earth and Heaven vol. II. Science and Faith. Geology and Theology.) – Published by Magyarhoni Földtani Társulat (Hungarian Geological Society), Budapest. 85 p. Reviewed by István Viczián.........................73 Tchoumatchenco P., T. Nikolov. 2017. Three Stars of Russian Origin in Bulgarian Geology: Andrei Janichevsky, Rostislav Beregov, Svetlana Cernjavska: Life and scientific creativity, published by Lambert Academic Publishing. Lambert Academic Publishing, 103 p. ….…..….75 Yamada, Toshihiro, The Transformation of Geocosmos: Perceptions of Earth from Descartes to Leibniz (Series “bibliotheca hermetica” edited by Hiro Hirai). Tokyo, Keiso Shobo, 2017, 256, xxvii pp. [in Japanese] ISBN 978-4326148295. Reviewed by Michiko Yajima……….……...76 Ignotas Domeika – geologas, mineralogas, kalnų inžinierius = Ignacy Domeyko – geologist, mineralogist, mining engineer. Mokslinis redaktorius / Scientific Editor Algimantas Grigelis. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publisher, 2017. 726 p., ca. 600 ill. Reviewed by Algimantas Grigelis…………………………………………………………..…...78 Leykum, M.S., Albrecht, V.G., Popov, M.P., Reus, P.A. Mysterious stone of Tsar Alexander (about Alexandrite, Alexander II and not only). Second edition revised and enlarged. St. Petersburg: Ridero, 2016. 376 p. (In Russian) Reviewed by Leonid Kolbantsev VSEGEI (St. Petersburg)………………………………………83 COUNTRY REPORTS FOR 2017 Argentina………………………………………………………………………………................85 Armenia………………………………………………………………………………………..…86 Australia……………………………………………………………………………………….…88 Austria……………………………………………………………………………………………91 Bulgaria………………………………………………………………………………………..…98 Canada……………………………………………………………………………………………98 Chile…………………………………………………………………………………………….106 Czech Republic………………………………………………………………………………....112 France………………………………………………………………………………………...…113 Germany……………………………………………………………………………………...…116 Hungary…………………………………………………………………………………………118 Italy……………………………………...……………………………………………………...120 Lithuania……………………………………………………………………………………..…130 4 Mexico………………………………………………………………………………………….139 Portugal……………………………………………………………………………………..…..141 Russia…………………………………………………………………………………………..,142 Serbia…………………………………………………………………………………………...147 Spain…………………………………………………………………………………………....148 Sweden………………………………………………………………………………………….152 United Kingdom………………………………………………………………………………...153 United States of America…………………………………………………………………….....156 Uzbekistan……………………………………………………………………………………....163 APPENDIX A INHIGEO Virtual Bibliography – 2018; China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland Compiled by Francesco Gerali, Project Curator……………………………………....169 APPENDIX B INHIGEO – Terms of Reference…………………………………………………………….…245 APPENDIX C Affiliated Associations……………………………………………………………………….…249 APPENDIX D Honorary Senior Members……………………….……………………………………………..249 APPENDIX E INHIGEO New Members for 2017…………………….…………………………………….…250 APPENDIX F INHIGEO Membership List…………………………………..……………………………..…251 APPENDIX G Membership Nomination Form…………………………………….……………………..…....279 5 INHIGEO Board Members 2016-202 President Secretary-General Barry Cooper (Australia) Marianne Klemun (Austria) School of Natural & Built Environments Department of History University of South Australia University of Vienna Mason Lakes Campus Universitätsring 1 GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA, 5001 1010 Wien AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA [email protected] [email protected] Editor Past-President William R. Brice (USA) Ken Taylor (USA) 116 Luna Lane Department of History of Science Johnstown, PA 15904-3068 University of Oklahoma USA Norman, OK 73019-0315 [email protected] USA [email protected] Vice-President Europe Ezio Vaccari Vice-President North America Dipartimento di Scienze Teoriche e Applicate, Stephen Rowland (USA) Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Department of Geosciences Via Mazzini 5 P. O. Box 454010 21100 Varese Univ. of Nevada; Las Vegas ITALY Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 [email protected] USA [email protected] Vice-President Asia Michiko YAJIMA (Japan) Vice-President Australasia/Oceania College of Humanities & Sciences Mike Johnston (New Zealand) Nihon University 395 Trafalgar Street #901, 6-2-10, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Nelson 7010 Tokyo 113-0033 NEW ZEALAND JAPAN [email protected] [email protected] Episodes Coordinator (ex officio) Vice-President (Latin America) Karen Cook (USA) Luz Azuela (Mexico) 914 W. 27th Terrace Instituto de Geografía Lawrence, KS 66046 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico USA Circuito Exterior s/n; Ciudad Universitaria [email protected] 04510 MEXICO. D. F. [email protected] 6 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (April 2018) Our 50th anniversary year is over, and it has been a wonderful success. Thank you all who have been involved. Most of all extra special thanks are due to our Armenian delegation who organised a highly memorable anniversary meeting in the same country, the same city and even the same meeting hall as in 1967. Sadly, one influential Armenian member, Arkadi Karakhanyan, has passed away since our meeting. In anticipation of the occasion our past Editor, Wolf Mayer, created a magnificent special anniversary volume History of Geoscience: Celebrating 50 years of INHIGEO that was launched at the conference Then a large conference volume was offered with abstracts, excursion guides and an introduction to Armenian geology, together with spectacular INHIGEO ornaments made from Armenian obsidian. Our Armenian delegation also presented delegates with another two extra publications that were especially prepared for conference. These were: “The origins and development of geological thought in Armenia (5th century BC – 17th century AD) by R. Jrbashyan, G. Khomizuri and A. 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It will provide a great opportunity for us all to learn about the geology and history in another significant part of the world. I invite you all not to miss this occasion. From the information already provided you can already appreciate that conference organizer Luz Azuela will arrange a delightful
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