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History of the Geophysical Laboratory
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Historical Chapters
1905
A Geophysical Laboratory is Born
Establishing a Center for Experimental Petrology and Geochemistry
1912
Braving Kilauea
Early Volcanological Studies in Hawaii
1917
The Optical Glass Rivalry
Modernizing America's Glass Industry During World War I
1919
The Beginnings of X-ray Crystallography
Ralph Wyckoff and Crystal Structure Determination at GL
1921
Shaking Things Up
Carnegie's Advisory Committee on Seismology
1923
Adventures on Katmai
Exploring Alaska's Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
1929
Drilling Yellowstone
Probing Old Faithful's Underground Plumbing
1940s
Experimental Petrology’s Long Road to Respect
Understanding rocks and minerals through physics and chemistry