(PAW Archives, Feb. 26, 1960)
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(PAW Archives, Feb. 26, 1960)
âThere was once a day that the geological hammer, a pair of stout legs and a keen eye were all that a geologist really needed for his research,â professor Sheldon Judson â40 wrote in the Feb. 26, 1960, issue of PAW. But by the 1960s, the mantra of âhave hammer, will travelâ had given way to a new set of instruments, including the seismic truck, right, used to measure the effects of experimental explosions, left.
Judsonâs story traced the history of the geosciences at Princeton, beginning with the arrival of Professor Arnold Guyot in 1854, and did not give much attention to the accompanying photos from departmental field work. If any readers recall the seismic truck or can provide details about its research, please use the comment box below.
