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 Benjamin Franklin Mudge
served as the first Kansas State Geologist and
published the first Geology of
Kansas. An avid collector of fossils, he
discovered at least 80 new species of extinct
animals and plants, including Ichthyornis,
the first "bird with teeth." |
 Charles Francis
Richter co-developed a method for
measuring earthquake intensity that accurately
reflected earthquake strength. The Richter Scale,
which was published in 1935, used a seismograph
to record actual earth motion during an
earthquake. |
 How
San Francisco Bay Was Formed |
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