The Geologist's Hammer-‘Fossil’ Tool, Equipment, Instrument and/or Badge?
2011; Wiley; Volume: 53; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1600-0498.2011.00220.x
ISSN1600-0498
Autores Tópico(s)Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
ResumoCentaurusVolume 53, Issue 2 p. 86-101 The Geologist's Hammer—'Fossil' Tool, Equipment, Instrument and/or Badge? Marianne Klemun, Marianne Klemun Department of History, University of Vienna, Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Marianne Klemun, Marianne Klemun Department of History, University of Vienna, Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 08 April 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.2011.00220.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract The functions attributed to the geologist's hammer at different times and in different places form the focus of this paper. Although today the geologist's hammer is certainly not one of the most important instruments of geology, it has long exerted an almost magical power in the geological imagination, and it is still associated with the geologist's profession and used as a logo by scientific associations. Like almost no other tool, the hammer is to be found in all areas of manual work in the early modern period. The predecessor of the geologist's hammer is the mountaineer's or mining hammer, from which the newly constructed geologist's hammer was already distinct by the end of the 18th century, when its form was being perfected. 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