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| 42% | 6 | Named after William Gault, a 19th-century geologist | ||||||
noun • A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks. | ||||||||
| 40% | 13 | Named after Benjamin Franklin Shumard, a prominent 19th-century geologist | ||||||
noun • large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood | ||||||||
19Th Century Geologist Charles
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| New York Times26 Apr 2009 | Down 34 | LYELL |
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