[Stones] JL Macadam - The Foe of Stonehenge

[Andy Norfolk]

littlestone wrote:
> By the way, I think Macadam also gave his name to the macadamia nut, 
> because he devised a machine to crack their very hard shells.
Intriguing idea but wrong.

The main scientific organization in Australia during the 1850’s was the 
Philosophic Institute of Victoria (later to become the Royal Society of 
Victoria) and it was to this group that on the 5th August 1857, Dr. 
Mueller described over twenty new Australian plants. He prefaced his 
account as follows: "These plants have perhaps, no other claims on your 
attention, but their novelty".

He described and named the Genus /Macadamia /and the species 
/ternifolia. /Part of his words was "a beautiful genus dedicated to John 
Macadam Esq. M.D. the talented and deserving Secretary of our Institute".

Andy N




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