The reason for including the lecture in this book is because of repeated requests on the part of graduates who have been consulted about the adjustment of the compass on their ships and who have realized that their advice might have been more helpful if they had learned more about the matter while at this school.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
Metamorphic granite, then, graduates, as a rule, almost imperceptibly into rocks which are clearly of aqueous origin; while on the contrary the junction-line between igneous granite and the surrounding rocks is always well marked.
"Geology"
James Geikie
Two young English chemists, graduates of a technical school, were assigned to work with me.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford