Patrick Mason Hurley (1912-2000)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4246]

Creator: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1967

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4246

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Summary

Patrick Mason Hurley (1912-2000), Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of "How Old Is the Earth?" He is shown in 1967 holding specimens from West Africa and Brazil used to confirm boundaries of continental drift.

Subject

  • Hurley, Patrick M. 1912-
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4246

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1967
  • 08/01/1967

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Topic

  • Geology
  • Geochemistry

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4246]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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