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In Memoriam

The Society notes with regret the deaths of the following members (notifications received between 23 December 2021
and 1 May 2022). Memorials to deceased members are published open access at www.geosociety.org/memorials.
Visit that page for links to information on how to honor someone with a memorial.

Richard T. Bell Leon T. Silver Loren M. Toohey
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pasadena, California, USA Houston, Texas, USA
Date of death: 15 January 2022 Date of death: 31 January 2022 Notified 11 February 2022

Peter W. Birkeland Colin W. Stearn George W. Whitney
Boulder, Colorado, USA Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Denver, Colorado, USA
Date of death: 25 January 2022 Notified 20 January 2022 Date of death: 15 December 2021
Roberto Molina Garza Rowland W. Tabor Jean A. Wosinski
Querétaro, Mexico Portola Valley, California, USA Corning, New York, USA
Date of death: 29 December 2021 Date of death: 13 January 2022 Date of death: 4 December 2021

The Art of Finding Springs, Second Edition

A Translation of L’Art de Découvrir les Sources, Seconde Édition

By Abbé Jean-Baptiste Paramelle; translated by Patricia Bobeck

The Art of Finding Springs, Second Edition SPECIAL PAPER 539
A Translation of L’Art de Découvrir les Sources, Seconde Édition
By Abbé Jean-Baptiste Paramelle Abbé Paramelle (1790–1875) published The Art of Finding Springs in 1856 as a how-to
Translated by Patricia Bobeck
karst plateau in southwestern France. Between 1833 and 1854, upon request, Paramelle
explored 40 of France’s departments and found groundwater in 10,000 places based
on his observational method, which used geology and geomorphology, at a time when
these sciences were in their infancy. Paramelle’s method was used until the 1970s to
into German and Spanish in the mid-
translator has included detailed notes and an introduction providing extensive historical
Cross section of a vale
whose bottom is filled
with transported background about this largely unknown hydrogeologist.
material.
SPE539, xvii + 127 p., ISBN 9780813725390
$25.00
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