There is a general impression that oil geologists lack opportunities to do much for the advancement of pure science. This impression is false as well as harmful. While it cannot be denied that some oil geologists may sometimes express themselves as being indifferent to “theoretical” subjects, the writer is of the belief that this attitude neither is general on the part of the profession nor more than superficial in the cases where it appears. It seems to him that oil geologists not only have good opportunities for aiding in the advancement of general geology but that they also have used...
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