Abstract
THIS work recalls, with renewed interest,—a remarkable paper by Mr. Reyer on the Schloss-berg of Teplitz, to which the attention of the present writer was directed by Prof. Judd nearly thirty years ago. Are not some of Reyer's models still preserved in London, and have not these models, and respectful visits to the Schlossberg itself, influenced many of us in our attempts at teaching ever since? Mr. Reyer, however, when he went further into the theory of the formation of mountains by the protrusion of masses from below and the gliding of the superincumbent layers, found the geological world opposed to him, and he turned, as he now informs us (p. v.), to fields of sociological activity. Yet he should surely be satisfied with the numerous references to his work, especially on volcanic questions, in Zittel's “History of Geology” or Geikie's monumental “Text-book.” Ampferer's recent exposition of “Unterstromung,” moreover, as a cause of mountain-crumpling comes very near in many of its details, though not in its foundations, to Reyer's theory of superficial “Stromung” (see NATURE, vol. lxxvi., 1907, p. 423). Though Ainpferer quotes very few authorities, it seems likely that Reyer's views are still fructifying, even if they bear forbidden fruit. At any rate, we may welcome his return to the arena at a time when no champion can assert that his own views on mountain-building have satisfied all known conditions.
Geologische Prinzipienfragen.
By E. Reyer. Pp. x + 202. (Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1907.) Price 4.40 marks.
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COLE, G. Geologische Prinzipienfragen . Nature 77, 529–530 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077529b0
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