See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

ERNST HEINRICH KARL See also:

• ERNST HEINRICH KARL DECHEN

DECHEN  VON' (1800-1889), See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin on the 25th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March t800, and was educated in the university in that See also:

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

city . He subsequently studied See also:

• MINING

mining in See also:

• BOCHUM

Bochum and See also:

• ESSEN

Essen, and was in 1820 placed in the mining See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the Prussian See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, serving on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff until '864, and becoming director in 1841 when he was stationed at See also:

• BONN

Bonn . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years he made journeys to study the mining systems of other countries, and with this See also:

• OBJECT

object he visited See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland in See also:

• COMPANY

company with Karl von See also:

• OEYNHAUSEN

Oeynhausen (1797-1865) . In the course of his See also:

• WORK

work he paid See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the See also:

• COAL

coal-formation of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe generally, and he greatly furthered the progress made in mining and metallurgical See also:

• WORKS

works in Rhenish See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . He made numerous contributions to See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological literature; notably the following:—Geognostische Umrisse der Rheinldnder zwischen See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel and See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz mit besonderer Riicksicht auf das Vorkommen See also:

• DES

des Steinsalzes (with von Oeynhausen and La See also:

• ROCHE, SIR BOYLE, BART

Roche), 2 vols . (Berlin, 1825),; Geognostische Fiihrer in das See also:

• SIEBENGEBIRGE (" The Seven Hills ")

Siebengebirge am Rhein (Bonn, 1861); See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die nutzbaren Mineralien and Gebirgsarten See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im deutschen Reiche (1873) . But his See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main work was a geological See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia in 35 sheets on the See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of 1: 8o,000, issued with two volumes of explanatory See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text (1855-1882) . He published also a small geological map of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany (1869) . He died at Bonn on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1889 . (H . B .