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Facility
University of Chicago / Beloit College / University of Michigan / University of Wisconsin / /
IndustryTerm
heat energy / /
Organization
Department of Geology and Geophysics / Geological Society of America / Department of Geology / Yale / National Academy of Sciences / American Philosophical Society / Society of Economic Geologists / Beloit College / Rockefeller Foundation / the University of Chicago / Normal School / University of Chicago / American Academy of Arts and Sciences / American Association for the Advancement of Science / General Services Administration / University of Iowa / University of Wisconsin / the University of Michigan / /
Person
Alma Wilson / Kelvin / Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin / Arthur Holmes / Robert H. Dott / Jr. / H.B. Nason / Rollin Salisbury Geology / /
Position
president of the Wisconsin / chief geologist / first director / editor / president / athlete / and debater / circuit minister and farmer / professor of geology / physicist / teacher / Professor / head of the glacial division / pioneer glacial geologist / director of the U.S. Geological Survey / able administrator / member / famous physicist / /
ProvinceOrState
Wisconsin / Illinois / Michigan / Iowa / /
PublishedMedium
the American Journal of Science / the new University / /
Region
southeastern Illinois / southern Wisconsin / U.S. / /
theory for the origin of planets, aspects of which are still influential. Instead of the ruling hypothesis, condensation from a hot nebular cloud, gravitational accretion of cold objects (planetesimals) was proposed. Onc