See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• THOMAS BELT (1832-1878)

BELT (1832-1878)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist and naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle-on-See also:

• TYNE

Tyne in 1832, and educated in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . As a youth he became actively interested in natural See also:

• HISTORY

history through the Tyneside Naturalists' See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club . In 1852 he went to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and for about eight years worked at the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-diggings, where he acquired a See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical knowledge of ore-deposits . In 186o he proceeded to Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia to take See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of some gold-mines, and there met with a serious injury, which led to his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1861 he issued a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• WORK

work entitled See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral See also:

• VEINS

Veins: an Enquiry into their Origin, founded on a Study of the Auriferous See also:

• QUARTZ

Quartz Veins of Australia . Later on he was engaged for about three years at Dolgelly, another though small gold-See also:

• MINING

mining region, and here he carefully investigated the rocks and fossils of the Lingula Flags, his observations being published in an important and now classic memoir in the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine for 1867 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed to take charge of some mines in See also:

• NICARAGUA

Nicaragua, where he passed four active and adventurous years—the results being given in his Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874), a work of high merit . In this See also:

• VOLUME

volume the author expressed his views on the former presence of glaciers in that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In subsequent papers he dealt boldly and suggestively with the phenomena of the Glacial See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and in various parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world . After many further expeditions to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia and See also:

• COLORADO

Colorado, he died at See also:

• DENVER

Denver on the 21st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1878 .